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Re:Why NFTs are bad: the long version by hartator on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:07PM (#29281679)
> The money is yours and no government can confiscate it.

Well the FBI owns the largest Bitcoin wallet. And I am pretty sure it's not from mining.

Ref: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@loryon/fbi-is-global-stakeholde...

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Re:Why NFTs are bad: the long version by ricardolopes on Saturday November 20, 2021 @05:18PM (#29292355)
That is money taken from custodials (i.e. the bitcoin wasn't actually yours) or through force from captured individuals. No part of that was taken by calling the bitcoin CEO to require editing the balances on the blockchain.
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