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It's not possible to accidentally steal $1B when your intention was to steal $10K. Scale does matter - this isn't "luck".
by ar_lan 2y ago
It's not possible to accidentally steal $1B when your intention was to steal $10K. Scale does matter - this isn't "luck".
- nearbuy 2y agoYou're either not understanding or refusing to engage with the hypothetical. When you steal a wallet, you don't get to choose how much money is in it. It could have $5, or $500. You're imagining something like a thief who just intends to steal $X, robs a bank, counts out $X and leaves the rest of the money untouched. In reality, most thieves are opportunists: they will take as much money as opportunity allows without getting caught. Obviously you couldn't physically fit $1B cash in a wallet, but assuming this hypothetical wallet did have $1B, does that make the thief more heinous or just luckier? (If you must insist on a literal and physically accurate wallet in the hypothetical, just imagine it held $1B in Bitcoin.)