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Not sure what not in circulation has to do with anything - it just increases the value of all other bitcoins, it isn't a problem. Also, this isn't how many bit
by shawabawa3 13y ago
Not sure what not in circulation has to do with anything - it just increases the value of all other bitcoins, it isn't a problem.
Also, this isn't how many bitcoins are stolen, this is how many have been stolen at some point. How many dollars have at some point been stolen? Quite a lot I bet
- danbruc 13y agoThat is why I said "assuming no overlap". The number I wanted to estimate is the number of bitcoins (currently) not in use or in illegitimate possession; the number of bitcoins that would not hurt anybody or hurt the right people if one would abandon the current block chain. Satoshi not caring to lose one million bitcoins is of course a wild guess. And don't take the whole thing to serious because it makes a lot of not necessarily justifiable assumptions, for example that the thieves did not already cash out their booty.