{"id":10171,"date":"2019-01-04T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=10171"},"modified":"2020-08-06T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:45:00","slug":"bitcoin-banks-are-coming-wave-goodbye-to-your-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/bitcoin-banks-are-coming-wave-goodbye-to-your-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Banks Are Coming. Wave Goodbye to Your Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve never read the famous bitcoin white paper<\/a>, now is a good time to do so.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, outlines his vision for a cash system that exists without a \u201ctrusted third party.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, money without banks. Without invasive identity checks and verification. Money without permission.<\/p>\n

And for the past decade, bitcoin has done a pretty good job at this.<\/p>\n

Anyone in the world can send and receive bitcoin without a bank or third-party getting in the way. You can store it yourself on a hardware wallet that only you have access to.<\/p>\n

But in 2019 we\u2019re going to see a huge shift towards bitcoin banking.<\/p>\n

Big institutions will compete to hold and store your cryptocurrency in their possession.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin banking: trends so far<\/b><\/h2>\n

Here are just a few of the reasons for this prediction:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fidelity (one of the biggest asset management companies on the planet) is launching a crypto custody service<\/a>. It will essentially be a bank to hold cryptocurrencies for its clients.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Coinbase (the world\u2019s best-known crypto exchange) is now registered as a \u201cqualified custodian<\/a>\u201d in New York. That\u2019s the same designation that allows banks to hold other people\u2019s money.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Bank of America just filed a bitcoin storage patent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Mastercard just filed a patent<\/a> for a cryptocurrency fractional reserve system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          These are just the big names. Countless others in the crypto space are building large-scale bitcoin storage solutions. Bitgo<\/a> is now a qualified custodian to store people\u2019s crypto. The Winklevoss Twins operate a fully licensed crypto custody service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

          Not all bad\u2026<\/b><\/h2>\n

          Don\u2019t get me wrong, there are some good points to these developments. Not everyone wants to \u201cbe their own bank\u201d and look after their own crypto wallet.<\/p>\n

          And for the thousands of people that have already lost their bitcoin wallets, a fully-insured \u201cbitcoin bank\u201d might be preferable.<\/p>\n

          (As for Wall Street institutions looking to get into crypto, they\u2019re required by law to use a custody service).<\/p>\n

          \u2026 But terrible for privacy<\/b><\/h2>\n

          However, it\u2019s a huge blow to your personal privacy. Using any one of these services will require reams of identification info to satisfy KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti-money laundering) laws.<\/p>\n

          It won\u2019t be much different to signing up for a new bank account.<\/p>\n

          If you\u2019re buying and using bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies for privacy reasons, you should avoid these rapidly-growing services at all costs.<\/p>\n

          And then there\u2019s the philosophical argument\u2026<\/p>\n

          By design, bitcoin was created to exist outside the traditional banking infrastructure. By embracing these monolithic banking institutions, aren\u2019t we defeating the point of bitcoin?<\/p>\n

          As always, we find ourselves facing the constant and frustrating tradeoff: will we sacrifice privacy for convenience? We\u2019re about to usher in a new generation of simple, easy-to-use cryptocurrency services. But how much privacy will we sacrifice for it?<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          If you\u2019ve never read the famous bitcoin white paper, now is a good time to do so. Bitcoin\u2019s elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, outlines his vision for a cash system that exists without a \u201ctrusted third party.\u201d\u00a0 In other words, money without banks. Without invasive identity checks and verification. Money without permission. And for the past … Continue reading “Bitcoin Banks Are Coming. 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