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if you keep a ton of gold in your house, good luck.. keeping it safe, there are safe ways to keep bitcoin, cold storage, etc. is not like is impossible.

[ceejayoz]

It appears to be substantially easier to secure a ton of gold than the equivalent amount of Bitcoin.

It's also a lot harder to accidentally lose.

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right is so hard to buy a device from amazon or print some words on plasticized paper and keep it safe, hell you can even memorize 12 words.

[ceejayoz]

Sure, assuming the Amazon device isn't a compromised counterfeit, the printer isn't rooted, and the paper doesn't get burned up in a house fire.

Case in point: https://www.wired.com/story/i-forgot-my-pin-an-epic-tale-of-...

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yes, this is what hold bitcoin back but is getting better, the amazon device can be software signed, also you could encrypt your keys and upload to all cloud hosts.