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Re:Bitcoins stolen from the users of Sheep Market Place? by locusm on Saturday November 30, 2013 @08:53AM (#6823156)
Are there any recorded cases of someone recovering stolen BTC?
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Re:Bitcoins stolen from the users of Sheep Market Place? by runn1ng on Saturday November 30, 2013 @11:45AM (#6823580)
It's not possible in general.

If someone steals your bitcoins, he can send them wherever they want. That's the "beauty" of bitcoin - if someone has the keys, he can do whatever he wants with it.

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Re:Bitcoins stolen from the users of Sheep Market Place? by gasull on Saturday November 30, 2013 @01:07PM (#6823889)
I read at least one case where an exchange seized funds coming from hacking into a site.
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Re:Bitcoins stolen from the users of Sheep Market Place? by makomk on Saturday November 30, 2013 @01:32PM (#6823985)
As far as I know, the exchange never released those funds.
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Re:Bitcoins stolen from the users of Sheep Market Place? by Zoomla on Saturday November 30, 2013 @12:16PM (#6823699)
as I understand it, the chances are very slim, but a solution might be to "ban" addresses with stolen coins from making transations... but there probably always will be a black market.
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