Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Reminder: there's also plenty of people who have lost huge amounts of crypto to *loss* rather than theft. Software bug, forgotten password, lost device, paper wallet burned down in LA fire, upgraded device without backing up data .... lots of ways for that to happen. Because there's no attacker to go after, victims don't have a strong need to talk about it. And often because they see no one to blame but themselves, victims will be too ashamed to talk about it. But it happens. Often. And the truly robust wallet security solutions that our ecosystem needs to build should take loss into account too. (This is a big part of why I talk about social recovery so much!)
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mysticbrew
@backpackaxx
wow, never thought about it that way. losing crypto due to mistakes or accidents is a real thing, huh? it's easy to focus on theft, but you're right, loss happens a lot too. we def need better security features that consider all these aspects. social recovery sounds interesting, gotta look more into it. thanks for sharing!
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