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Fine, but the government has no special power over Bitcoin in this regard. If they hadn't found the key, they wouldn't have been able to issue that transaction,
by DennisP 5y ago
Fine, but the government has no special power over Bitcoin in this regard. If they hadn't found the key, they wouldn't have been able to issue that transaction, and any common thief who found the key could have done what they did.
- lxgr 5y agoThe relevant meta-point here is that the government is uniquely positioned to come into possession of most keys that it wants (or more indirectly, render them useless by including them on sanction/embargo lists).