Man has two more chances before $232M in Bitcoin is lost forever

Re:Man has two more chances before $232M in Bitcoin is lost ... by postalrat on Sunday March 05, 2023 @08:34PM (#35036459)

Well it won't be forever. Eventually we will figure out the math to generate a private key for any bitcoin address.

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Re:Man has two more chances before $232M in Bitcoin is lost ... by earthling8118 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @08:39PM (#35036493)

At which point the coins will no longer have a value that is relevant

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Re:Man has two more chances before $232M in Bitcoin is lost ... by maerF0x0 on Sunday March 05, 2023 @08:55PM (#35036610)

Or there will be a period of obscurity in which both the math is known (to some/few) and they will secretly profit off that knowledge.

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Re:Man has two more chances before $232M in Bitcoin is lost ... by ashwagary on Monday March 06, 2023 @09:10AM (#35041185)

More likely a bip (bitcoin improvement proposal) will be introduced that makes the math useless by changing key structure.

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