Just to add that with bitcoin, responsibility lies in the hands of the users whereby with the normal currency, responsibility lies partly with the banks and partly with the users. In the case of money theft from a bank account, there is a good chance that the user would be fully reimbursed, even if the users were negligent. The people are dumbed down in this day and age to shy away from personal responsibility and always be finding someone else to blame, e.e. governments, banks, etc.
The problem is that there's no good way to keep your coins secure. It's not so much a matter of blame -- it's just that there's no good way to keep your coins secure. Every reasonable suggestion I've heard is so complicated it's just not practical. And there's no good way to balance being sure you don't lose access to your own coins with being sure nobody else gains access to them. This is one of the two biggets problems facing Bitcoin today.Try this thought experiment: Reason out an explanation of how to securely hold thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins such that a typical American adult with somewhat above average computer skills could understand the process and the reasoning behind each step.
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The key is not being sure "nobody" gains access to them, the critical part is you know exactly who can potentially access them.
Some services don't have a choice and they have to have hot wallets connected to the internet. However, they usually employ multi-sig and other protective mechanisms.
It always makes me sad if honest users get robbed by petty thiefs. I think one of the mission statements of the bitcoin foundation was to facilitate user education. I think that's absolutely necessary.
