Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post

Learn networking Book, there is no one for you to call. If you lose a bitcoin, wallet stolen, destroyed in a fire, laptop / desktop stolen you're fucked. There is no one approving, verifying anything. It's computer hardware running cryptographic algorithms to approve, verify transactions and mined coins to insure the integrity of the currency and network. Securing your wallet is up to you. The state and its benefactors like banks cannot help you here.

Personal responsibility, yeah I know. Pretty dangerous stuff.
Ares...while writing my last post you since posted some really eye-opening realities that now only confirm my skepticism about Bitcoins: Theft without any audit trail. Poof.