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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by macspoofing on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:38PM (#25000695)
>but isn't part of the allure of bitcoin the ability to evade this type of seizure

The government didn't crack the wallet address. They 'compelled' the owner to give it to them. Bitcoin was not designed to evade that type of seizure.

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:08PM (#25000956)
As always, the extremely relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by overkalix on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:31PM (#25001155)
Event the url is relevant...
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by hundchenkatze on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:50PM (#25001812)
I think the word you're looking for is coincidental.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by coryfklein on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:38PM (#25002867)
> why? Honest question, I don't know.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by NormenNomen on Friday November 06, 2020 @03:46AM (#25006090)
More directly, this is the number of electors in the electoral college.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by toyg on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:34PM (#25002832)
why? Honest question, I don't know.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by icpmoles on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:22PM (#25001076)
That number too.
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