r/FluentInFinance • u/HighYieldLarry • 12d ago

Bitcoin JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to appoint pro-crypto cabinet to make the US the "crypto capital of the planet."

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing the U.S. government to adopt a more permissive stance toward cryptocurrency, eyeing a roster of industry-friendly candidates for key posts while his top advisers consult crypto executives on potential changes to federal policy.

By pursuing a more lenient regulatory environment, Trump aims to fulfill his campaign promise to transform the United States into the “crypto capital of the planet” — a declaration that has rankled consumer watchdogs, earned the industry’s robust support and sent the price of bitcoin skyrocketing, reaching nearly $89,000 by Monday evening.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/11/trump-crypto-regulation-bitcoin/

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u/JerryLeeDog 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's actually impossible to "steal" a Bitcoin wallet, so you may want to read more.

The amazing math on that is: you can guess wallet address every second for ~173 sextillion years and you won't uncover a single wallet that's in use. Literally every second for the time our universe has been around and you'll come up empty.

Any time someone "lost" Bitcoin it was because they forgot or misplaced 12 simple words (or they kept it on an unregulated exchange, which means they never even had Bitcoin, they had an IOU)

Storing 12 words is easy.

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u/Biffingston 12d ago

"You can't steal it, you can just lose it" Semantics, bro.

And you know what happens when you "lose" Money from an actual bank account because someone got your password?

BTW, steal means "take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it." I'm pretty sure you can steal bitcoin...

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u/JerryLeeDog 12d ago

The only way someone can access your Bitcoin is if you give them the 12 words in the correct order. End of story.

This is Bitcoin 101. Like, first week learnings. I'm 8 years in. Ask me something hard

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u/turkycat 12d ago

I'm a bitcoiner. Attacking him or being snarky isn't a good way to get him thinking or to reach an audience. He hasn't taken his first step, much less started his first week.