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Bitcoin has many different features, but one of the most important is the fact that users are the real owners of their funds as long as they keep their private keys. However, when users have their funds stored in exchanges, Bitcoin can be confiscated.
During a Q&A session during a Tampa Meetup, he said that Bitcoin being non confiscatable applies to exchanges that are not regulated. In general, centralized virtual currency exchanges are not a safe place where to store funds. The company behind the exchange is able to manage the funds as it considers, block some accounts and even experience security issues.
If Bitcoin wants to remain non confiscatable, the best what a person can do is to store them in cold storage wallets. No one is able to move the funds from there unless they have the private keys.
At the same time, he said that Bitcoin does not have just a single price because there are different markets listing it. He compared the price of Bitcoin (BTC) with Apple stock explaining that Apple’s stock price is determined by supply and demand in just one place.
He has also talked about Bitcoin ETF and the fact that to have a stable price of Bitcoin everything needs to sit in one place. He went on saying that having all the BTC in one place is a risk even when it creates a more stable market. For example, he emphasized the fact that if all the BTC are located in just one exchange, hackers might focus only on it. Furthermore, the US government would also have the possibility to confiscate the BTC that users own or trade them.
There are several crypto platforms that are regulated, including exchanges such as Coinbase or Gemini. Governments would be able to confiscate the funds that users have on these exchanges, thus deleting one of Bitcoin’s main characteristics.
Moreover, he said that Bitcoin being under the control of governments is not positive for the space. A lot of people would completely lose the faith in the popular virtual currency. This is exactly what Satoshi Nakamoto was trying to avoid when it created Bitcoin.
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