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that's what bitcoin is for. A cold wallet, encrypted and backed up in multiple places would solve that problem.
That's a great way of getting robbed even without anyone needing to take your money, you would be effectively giving it away. For example, the closing price exactly one year ago today was $880. Yesterday it was $248. So if you had $20,000 in savings and put them into Bitcoin, you'd have $5,636 now. What a wonderful savings account a 75% loss... I swear the only reason people keep suggesting Bitcoin as an "investment"…
Exactly. As far as I'm concerned, anyone suggesting Bitcoin as a viable currency for investment is either not worth taking seriously or a con artist.