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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by codeulike on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:09PM (#29941151)
Fanjul believes the coins were hidden by refugees sheltering in the area, saying: "We think it's a reflection of the social and political instability which came along with the fall of Rome and the arrival of groups of barbarians to northern Spain."

Quite poignant to think this was someones lifeline, desparately hidden away until things improved. But things didn't improve and they never made it back to recover them. And now here we are 1,600 years later.

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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by kingcharles on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:16PM (#29941246)
Right. I think about that every time they uncache one of these hoardes. Some guy buried his life savings thinking "I'll come back later", and then something intervened and he never even had the chance to tell someone where it was hidden.

Which is worse, burying your money in the ground or keeping it in your PayPal account?

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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by Hokusai on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:18PM (#29941273)
The ground will not spend your money, future civilizations can find it. On the other hand PayPal...
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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by barrystaes on Saturday January 15, 2022 @05:12AM (#29945252)
Now think the same of the badger. They dismantled the home he built. Just perspective.
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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by timoth3y on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:44PM (#29942031)
A hundred years from now, after quantum computing has rendered modern cryptography obsolete, archaeologists will be doing the same with bitcoin wallets.
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Re:Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain by basch on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:41PM (#29943608)
if every private key were calculated and exposed, all value would instantly fall to 0. it would erase and end bitcoin.
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