The thefts help prove BTC has real value.
Now people need to be more careful with their precious, rare BTC.
Topic: Too much scamming in Bitcoin - page 5. (Read 4485 times)
Sure there are scamming, but I think actually not so much. Things just happen with new tech & startups and I would say maybe more disapointments than scams. Things just turn bad because of poor management and too optimistic schedules and / or missing resources.
these sorts for scam can happen no matter what kind of trade you're doing. Bank notes, cryptos, rocks.
It's all about trust, if you don't trust someone, don't trade with them.
And there are services to try to make trading more trustable such as escrows, use them wisely.
It's all about trust, if you don't trust someone, don't trade with them.
And there are services to try to make trading more trustable such as escrows, use them wisely.
First MtGox disapears with an BTC fortune and then Neo Bee. Besides them, there are countless mining companies that never refund their clients on empty promises. Sadly, in generall there is to much scamming going on in the BTC to get this mainstream! Noone want to get ripped off. Especially on his/her first encounter with BTC. And sadly, right now, too many people encounter a scam as their first encounter with BTC.
and in the wild west, there were bank robberies everyday, there were railroad and stage coach hold-ups at gun point demanding peoples gold.
then this century there is the government stealing wealth buying mansions on their high pay, then telling everyone that the 'people' are in debt, and its all the fault of the unemployed (who get less then minimum wage)
then theirs HSBC doing criminal acts, Cyprus banks taking peoples wealth. mastercard banning customers.
there are 171,000 tonnes of gold in the world. do you know how much gold was stolen by bandits in the wild west, by hitlers army during WW2, by banks and governments more recently
gold has more of a "theft" taint percentage (based on numbers currently mined) then the bitcoin % stolen
I do not know why people fall for them. If scam is done on fiat, people are vigilent, but when the same scam is done in bitcoins, people become careless.
i agree with you, then i happen to read a book called "the vigilant investor". in any currency, there's no such thing as too little scam.
True....
And that's why they eventually all fail.
This attitude is like parasitic cancer - it initially allows certain parts to flourish - then develops to devour its own host, killing itself in the process. Not too bright folks... not too bright.
i agree with you, then i happen to read a book called "the vigilant investor". in any currency, there's no such thing as too little scam.
First MtGox disapears with an BTC fortune and then Neo Bee. Besides them, there are countless mining companies that never refund their clients on empty promises. Sadly, in generall there is to much scamming going on in the BTC to get this mainstream! Noone want to get ripped off. Especially on his/her first encounter with BTC. And sadly, right now, too many people encounter a scam as their first encounter with BTC.
That is why is good time to buy in spring 2014. no guts no glory.
First MtGox disapears with an BTC fortune and then Neo Bee. Besides them, there are countless mining companies that never refund their clients on empty promises. Sadly, in generall there is to much scamming going on in the BTC to get this mainstream! Noone want to get ripped off. Especially on his/her first encounter with BTC. And sadly, right now, too many people encounter a scam as their first encounter with BTC.
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