From 5cd5c7a458b5c49d5b27ed3f23f4870a352e5c40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "myarbrough@oreilly.com" Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:59:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Made changes to ch10.asciidoc --- ch10.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch10.asciidoc b/ch10.asciidoc index 4a54e794..3e4c2ffe 100644 --- a/ch10.asciidoc +++ b/ch10.asciidoc @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Over the past three years, as a direct result of bitcoin adoption, we have seen ==== Balancing Risk -((("risk, security")))((("user security","risk, balancing")))While most users are, rightly, concerned about theft, there is an even bigger risk of loss. Data files get lost all the time, but if they contain bitcoin the loss is much more painful. In the effort to secure their bitcoin wallets, users must be very careful not to go too far and end up losing the bitcoin. In the summer of 2010, a well-known bitcoin awareness and education project lost almost 7,000 bitcoins. In an effort to prevent theft, the owners had implemented a complex series of encrypted backups. In the end they accidentally lost the encryption keys, making the backups worthless and losing a fortune. Like hiding money by burying it in the desert, if you do it too well you might not be able to find where you buried it. +((("risk, security")))((("user security","risk, balancing")))Although most users are rightly concerned about bitcoin theft, there is an even bigger risk. Data files get lost all the time. If they contain bitcoin, the loss is much more painful. In the effort to secure their bitcoin wallets, users must be very careful not to go too far and end up losing the bitcoin. In the summer of 2010, a well-known bitcoin awareness and education project lost almost 7,000 bitcoins. In their effort to prevent theft, the owners had implemented a complex series of encrypted backups. In the end they accidentally lost the encryption keys, making the backups worthless and losing a fortune. Like hiding money by burying it in the desert, if you do it too well you might not be able to find where you buried it. ==== Diversifying Risk