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Depends. They could have erased his pc, and have access to an encrypted file, in the hope that he has no backups of the keys anywhere. Of course that wouldn't w
by candiodari 6y ago
Depends. They could have erased his pc, and have access to an encrypted file, in the hope that he has no backups of the keys anywhere. Of course that wouldn't work with either basic precautions or "memory" or "paper" wallets.
TLDR: either the prosecutor is stupid, or they lie. I'm not sure which is worse.
- ur-whale 6y ago>TLDR: either the prosecutor is stupid, or they lie. I'm not sure which is worse. Or both.
- ben_w 6y agoOr they look at how often normal people actually back things up? Or they got a court order (or whatever the term of art is) saying, effectively “memo to all banks: this person owes us XYZ in Bitcoin, he’s paying that back out of future bank balances”?