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by lexapro 1370 days ago
It's also non-trivial to guess a private key or to run a 51% attack.
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Judging from empirical results it is quite easy to steal crypto currency; it happens all the time. I don't know why you only care about those two approaches.
Because leaving Bitcoin on a hot wallet, which is the source of most of these hacks, is like leaving gold bars on a park bench.