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RE: The Great Bitconnect Heist - Greedy, witless birdbrained users at Bitconnect overdraw their accounts - August 2017
The whole crypto-currency space is filled with actors of unknown backgrounds, motivations and experience. There is a high level of opacity when it comes to crypto-currency businesses, so customers are simply making a leap of faith that their trust in the business is warranted. With blockchain the whole point was to build trust and reduce fraud; however, the businesses that overlay the blockchains may have built-in flaws.
Well said, @swingsleuth! You make an excellent and very valid point - "With blockchain the whole point was to build trust and reduce fraud; however, the businesses that overlay the blockchains may have built-in flaws."
New comers to crypto need to understand the difference between:
(1) the blockchains
(2) the business that now often being built over the blockchains.
While the blockchains are secure the businesses (and any programs which they may offer) may not be secure at all.