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 Most people, including several using Nostr, have never verified that they actually own Bitcoin

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 Is that a problem? 
 Not necessarily. Depends on wants and perspective.

As bitcoin and lightning become more acceptable, an inherent trust is established by the majority. While there may be risks to personal value in misapplying trust, one can also not afford to have zero trust. The degrees of ones involvement are based in part on trust or lack thereof. 

The good thing is that people, at any time, can do the work to verify on their own