SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCoin will void warranty

Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by inter_netuser on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:28AM (#27005381)

It doesn't provide any property rights? Well then, why don't you go ahead and help yourself with some billions in Bitcoin from Musk's personal holdings? Should be easy, according to you.

I think you'll find that it's much much easier to repossess a house, rather than repossess a bitcoin address with billions.

Here's a detailed analysis by a law professor from a reputable law school on Bitcoin as a property rights system: https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1676...

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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by throw0101a on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:40AM (#27005797)

> Well then, why don't you go ahead and help yourself with some billions in Bitcoin from Musk's personal holdings?

Give me a rubber hose and $5 wrench and I'll start working on it:

* https://xkcd.com/538/

Once it's transferred what recourse does he have to revert it?

> Here's a detailed analysis by a law professor from a reputable law school

Ah yes, the William & Mary Law School. The same law school that birthed the idea that the US Second Amendment was an individual right…

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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by inter_netuser on Sunday May 02, 2021 @08:52PM (#27020505)

What are your thoughts on "United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876)"?

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