On: Ask HN: what are your best (relatively) passive, non-stock-market investments?

[gregcohn]

isn't there some controversy re MtGox? E.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/22/lulzsec-rog...

[TylerE → gregcohn]

The Bitcoin community as a whole is rather susceptible to blind optimism. Good characteristic in a mark, not so much in a financial investment.

[waterlesscloud → gregcohn]

They've had problems, just don't leave money there. Dollars or Bitcoins. Do your trade, pull it all out.

[gregcohn → waterlesscloud]

And store it where - on your hard drive?

[waterlesscloud → gregcohn]

A hard/usb drive somewhere, yeah. With backups.

[secondChrome → waterlesscloud]

...encrypted backups...