> which would be "whoever has the cryptographic keys". This is still true, no? Now the government has the keys, so they own it. It's clear that you can't be sl

> which would be "whoever has the cryptographic keys". This is still true, no? Now the government has the keys, so they own it. It's clear that you can't be sloppy with your keys, because "whoever has the cryptographic keys". If they used a brainwallet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Brainwallet https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Brainwallet), the gov wouldn't have taken those keys.