Thks again for your input. While perusing other bitcoin.com topics, I've noticed that you've posted some really insightful pieces!
I think the concept(s) of "the origin of a block" (and it's "traceability") and "Coinbase's (the exchange) handing over transaction info/data to the ...
Additionally, and perhaps, most importantly, I assert that, if the Coinbase exchange does not maintain an "auditable" paper trail of my purchases of bitcoin and said bitcoin's "genealogy" (i.e., blockchain entries), such a lax system of "accounting" would render the blockchain's "double ...
Thks. I found the first paragraph of your response to be most pertinent/helpful to my ongoing "search" (i.e., "Your bitcoins likely originated from different blacks mined and by different miners"). That is exactly the info I'm trying to identify.
I hear what you're saying and can agree to a point. My issue (still) is that, regardless of whether or not my purchased coin is in a "wallet" or in a Coinbase-controlled custodial account, the coin's genesis was that of a payment (at some point in the past) to a miner for work done ...
It's all about "institutional investors" and the (positive) impact they will/may have on the future price of bitcoin.
Recently, Kevin O'Leary (of TV's "Shark Tank" fame) - aka "Mr. Wonderful" - has stated that he has changed his mind regarding bitcoin (e.g., he used to think bitcoin was not worth ...