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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Why do people leave coins on an exchange? Unless you're actively trading, there's not much of a reason to.

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[–] sbt2160p ago 

No one wants to run a client on their own system, update it, wait for a gigabyte of blockchain to synchronize, and have personal responsibility for securing it. Kind of like how most people don't run their own web servers anymore.

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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Cryptocurrencies are owned by addresses. You don't need a local client that knows the entire blockchain to keep an address not controlled by the exchange(the so-called "light wallet").