# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-10-04 18:26:41
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1359.msg15339#msg15339

There's a built-in mechanism for ensuring that this is never a serious problem:  the more coins that are lost, the more valuable the remaining coins become. @p{par}

And the more valuable something is, the more careful people are not to lose it.  So there's a nice feedback loop that should naturally limit the number of coins lost. @p{par}

If Bitcoin becomes the world's stable reserve currency then one bitcoin might end up being worth tens of thousands of dollars and we'll all get @p{(bf}much@p{bf)} more serious about backing up our wallets and keeping them secure.  Or, I think more likely, most people will use a service that they trust to keep their coins backed up and secure... @p{brk}