Talk:Storing bitcoins
Verifying that something looks/is genuine
@Belcher, you edited the text to say "you wouldn't accept [banknotes or gold coins] without inspecting them and verifying that they are genuine". However, most people would in fact accept banknotes without verifying that they are genuine. Often its simply infeasible to verify things like that. How do you verify a banknote is genuine and not a copy? If its a perfect copy, its impossible. If you think this nuance is important, maybe we can find a more accurate way to say it. But even with bitcoin, you can only verify it looks genuine from a number of angles. Verifying it is genuine for certain is not strictly possible. Fresheneesz (talk) 06:48, 5 December 2019 (UTC)