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The distinction between "destroyed" and "lost" is significant, to the extent that if coins have been destroyed people know that the coins will never resurface;
by cperciva 11y ago
The distinction between "destroyed" and "lost" is significant, to the extent that if coins have been destroyed people know that the coins will never resurface; it's impossible to distinguish between coins which are lost and coins which have simply been unspent (e.g., the Satoshi hoard).