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Yes, but that is after they seize it. If a criminal steals my bitcoin and spends it, everyone who accepts it and everyone who accepts it from them is taking de
by ISL 4y ago
Yes, but that is after they seize it.
If a criminal steals my bitcoin and spends it, everyone who accepts it and everyone who accepts it from them is taking delivery of stolen property, trivially traceable back to me. I'll want it back, because it is mine and was stolen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_of_stolen_goods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_of_stolen_goods
As a practical matter, if crypto continues to gain adoption, law must emerge to keep the ecosystem from getting jammed up.