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Can one "own" a number? A private key is simply a number < 2^256. Knowing the specific number gives control of the bitcoin. Either one cannot really own bitco
by rax0m 6y ago
Can one "own" a number?
A private key is simply a number < 2^256. Knowing the specific number gives control of the bitcoin.
Either one cannot really own bitcoin, or bitcoin has proven that knowing is owning.
- AndrewDucker 6y agoCan one own a shape? Locks have shown that knowing the right shape can let you in any door, so either knowing a shape is access to a property, or locks don't really prevent access.
- maxerickson 6y agoThe capability to control something is not the same as the legitimate right to control something.
- chii 6y agoif you can just know the shape of a key to a lock, do you now own the contents of the thing being locked up?
- dncornholio 6y agoIf knowing is owning then stealing becomes impossible, because bitcoin don't know who owns (knows) a key. You need a 3rd party.
- matt-attack 6y ago> then stealing is impossible Uh don’t forget that Big Media had altered the definition of stealing such that your statement is now wrong. Stealing (as in “don’t steal a movie”) no longer implies you’re depriving anyone of the thing you stole, and now just means you’ve made a copy of a thing someone owns.