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187 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 29 May \ parent \ on: The Bitcoin Lost-and-Found (Money Stuff, Matt Levine) Politics_And_Law econ
(and now I see that @Undisciplined is way ahead of me, as usual)

I know the feeling.

not your keys, not your coins.

Maybe we gotta switch to "not your courts, not your coins"?

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48 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 May

If he wins the case and the coins subsequently move, does he get to claim the loss from theft or does he get hit with a massive taxable event?

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39 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 29 May

I don't think so:

The ownership ≠ possession is Bitcoin's coolest, most profound innovation

I share your enthusiasm here. It's pretty incredible and as long as cryptography holds it provides some resistance to courts.

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