That's a possibility that may occur, but do we modify the blockchain willy nilly for every possibility that may happen?
Also who's responsibility is it keep a key logging program off of my system? Who's responsibility is it to suffer the consequences if my computing behavior allows that to happen on a system that contains a wallet? I assume you would say it is the Bitcoin communities?!?
Sam
To answer your first question. No.
To answer your second question, you are responsible for anything that happens to your wallet.
Now, I say again, do we want Bitcoin to remain a niche product for computer experts, or do we want regular people to be able to use it and feel secure with their money? I'm all for personal responsibility, possibly to the extreme, but I feel Bitcoin has the potential to do some good in this world by taking control of money away from the few and giving it to the many, and I don't want the limit on potential growth to be that you must be a computer expert to be secure.
I want Bitcoin to be safely usable on the most virus infested machine you can find. We can worry about teaching people to practice safe computing later.
Sorry for getting so OT. I just wanted to talk to [Tycho] about the impression he gave me regarding "not acting".
I apologize for being off topic as well. But nobody seems to want to talk about this in any forum. There will always be people who write their PIN on the back of their ATM/Credit card and write their password on their monitor. That CANNOT be ameliorated.
So I ask again where is the security flaw in Bitcoin that requires these multisig's to correct?
Feel free to point me to the forum topic where this would be more appropriate to discuss.
Or you can just continue to blow it off,
Sam