Hey everyone I have heard newbies and other people asking about how safe is the Bitcoins and it's transactions well I think it will be beneficial to have a little discussion on this .
First of all if you own a bank account in a good bank then you should know that its very hard to hack one's bank account, it's almost impossible unless done due to personal flaws, like sharing your key or bank account details or something , you know the system behind Bitcoins and the system behind banking system is same .
Something by the name of cryptography whose Advance form is block chain . It's a complex code involving complex mathematics and the transactions are only completed through very complex and complicated steps impossible to penetrate.
For Bitcoins the same thing operates but with no intervening part or whatsoever , it's p2p direct transactions and this is even more secure and private.
The reason why you hear news like :- someone got their Bitcoins stolen or something is because they have personal flaws , they shared the private keys or the password with someone else..or they used a bad wallet.
It's on you how safe you make it .
Yes, I agree with you. Bitcoin is the safest system. Bitcoin transactions are carried out through the public network, cannot be forged, and cannot be modified after being validated by several nodes on the blockchain. Transaction data cannot be used to resend payments, because transactions are only good for recipients who can unlock the transaction by having the right key.
Because Bitcoin is a decentralized system, it drives several security and control responsibilities to the end user, especially the responsibility to secure the private key used to validate transactions.