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This creates an interesting point of failure. What happens when the private key is stolen or hacked? Because the ETF holders are holding cash with the expectations of assurances and insurances that cash comes with. But uh, that's not how Bitcoins work.


If the Winklevii own "1% of all Bitcoins," I would hope that they know how to do split key sharing and store their Bitcoins on paper.

I would hope.


If they've owned this sum for any amount of time, that is actually some argument for their having the proper security skills to run something like this.


I thought it said proprietary system with the key stored in a US bank? :(




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