Was going through some post on the forum when I came across this writing in a free signature space which writes “make sure you back up your wallet regularly! Unlike a bank account, nobody can help you if you loss access to your BTC”.
Now a lot of people would imagine the possibilities of losing access to one’s bitcoin in their wallet and there have been several cases of where people loss access to their wallets with massive holdings in it and that is why it is always advisable to back up wallet address regularly.
I’m not trying to down in BTC but at times we should call a spade a spade and accept the fact that aside decentralization that bitcoin offers and its volatility that we all profit from, a lot of people would still want to stick to the traditional banks because it also seems to be one of the safest place to keep our money.
Now my question is, do you think losing all of one’s coins simply because they didn’t have access to their wallet or key is already enough disadvantage for bitcoin against the local banks ?
This is a favorite quote from well-known movie called Spider-Man:
With great power there must also come great responsibility. Bitcoin gives you that great power, to be your own bank with the ability to send or receive bitcoin without relying on 3rd parties while improving your privacy compared to traditional payment systems and with proper methods you are able to significantly improve your privacy. It's not a disadvantage of bitcoin that people aren't able to carry responsibility on their shoulders.
in the good old days. people worried about banks freezing/seizing peoples funds or bank runs, bankruptcies etc. where they wanted a new currency to get away from the risk of banks losing people funds
now it seems someone is wording things the opposite way to sound like bitcoin is not as good as banks
That's so damn right, people have double standards. At first they were afraid of banks controlling their money, then there we got Bitcoin but people are afraid, no, I would say, they are incapable to be responsibly of being their own bank. Banks are responsible and they use that responsibility as an advantage to control people's money.