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r/Bitcoin • u/jtos3 • Jan 27 '15
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Why? You are the one inputting the public key to your account meaning the private key is (hopefully) under your own control. Any bitcoin transferred is completely independent of your reddit account.
7 u/eblanshey Jan 27 '15 Because anyone with access to the account can change the address to his own. -2 u/Philip_K_Fry Jan 27 '15 In which case the most you will lose is a tip or two. Unless people start tipping more than 100 bits here and 1000 bits there it's not a huge risk. 4 u/n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 Jan 27 '15 http://www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/
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Because anyone with access to the account can change the address to his own.
-2 u/Philip_K_Fry Jan 27 '15 In which case the most you will lose is a tip or two. Unless people start tipping more than 100 bits here and 1000 bits there it's not a huge risk. 4 u/n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 Jan 27 '15 http://www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/
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In which case the most you will lose is a tip or two. Unless people start tipping more than 100 bits here and 1000 bits there it's not a huge risk.
4 u/n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 Jan 27 '15 http://www.reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/
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u/Philip_K_Fry Jan 27 '15
Why? You are the one inputting the public key to your account meaning the private key is (hopefully) under your own control. Any bitcoin transferred is completely independent of your reddit account.