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Re:Bitcoin hits year-high of $20 by illuminate on Thursday January 31, 2013 @01:15PM (#5146349)
Out of curiosity, does this estimate account for stolen wallets, or are these still considered viable?
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Re:Bitcoin hits year-high of $20 by sroecker on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:09PM (#5146694)
I did some research:

Around 0.6% of all Bitcoin are known to be lost, so with unknown losses it could be 1-2%(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7253.120)

Excluding the Pirate scam, 2.9% have been stolen. These are still viable, some are tainted since the receiver address is known. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0)

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