Peter Schiff Says His ‘Bitcoin Mystery’ Is Solved
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Peter Schiff Says His ‘Bitcoin Mystery’ Is Solved
January 23, 2020
Peter Schiff Says His ‘Bitcoin Mystery’ Is Solved
Bitcoin | News
Peter Schiff Says His ‘Bitcoin Mystery’ Is Solved
January 23, 2020

Peter Schiff, the famous crypto skeptic, and gold bug, said that his “Bitcoin mystery” is solved after realizing that he mistook the pin of his Bitcoin (BTC) wallet for the password.

On January 22, Schiff explained in a tweet that he knows the pin of his wallet, but after the app was updated, he was logged out and he could not access his funds anymore. He also admitted that he never wrote down his seed phrase.

However, many in the crypto community have criticized Schiff for making what they perceived as a rookie mistake. When Schiff initially announced that he lost the funds, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, said:

“I can’t believe I am about to say this, but maybe “stay in fiat”?

Similarly, one Twitter user stated today that Schiff “should be the last person educating/warning people about Bitcoin. [He hasn’t] taken the time to learn even the most basic things about it!”

Schiff, for his part, has defended himself, explaining:

“The most basic thing about Bitcoin is that it’s not money. It will not succeed as either a medium of exchange or a store of value. What the episode does show is how easy it is to lose your Bitcoin if you are confused about how wallets work.”

However, Schiff announced that he lost his Bitcoin on January 19, at first convinced that his wallet was corrupted and that this was the reason why he lost access to his funds, stating:

“I knew owning Bitcoin was a bad idea, I just never realized it was this bad!”

The incident has attracted the cryptocurrency community’s attention to how the lack of user-friendliness in the ecosystem can result in lost keys and consequently, lost funds.

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Likewise, CZ suggested his solution by saying that for most, keeping crypto assets on an exchange is safer than keeping the keys themselves.

Thus, on the other hand, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, also commented on the issue, saying that developers “can and should create better wallet tech to make security easier.” He then suggested turning to social recovery as a solution to the problem.

Source: cointelegraph.com

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Ishita Bora is a Senior Content Creator at Digital Notice Media Labs with an experience of 1 year. She has completed her Master's Degree in Language and Linguistics in 2019 from Gauhati University, India. Her interest lies in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency space. She loves writing about blockchain and other blockchain-related articles.