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Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data, demanding $20M ransom

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[15 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.43997558[source]▶
> if you don't have sole control of your cryptocurrency keys then you don't own any cryptocurrency

Nobody has sole control of their cryptocurrency by definition. It's a consensus protocol. (On a practical level, there are always layers of trust.)