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mk · 2583 days ago · link · · parent · post: $300m in cryptocurrency accidentally stolen and lost forever due to bug

Not stolen, no one has it. Not lost, everyone can see where it is. :D

rezzeJ · 2583 days ago · link ·

Well, if we're arguing definitions, technically it could be said that the user who triggered the bug 'accidentally stole' the wallets at one point. Even if no-one has them after everything transpired.

And something lost doesn't necessarily mean you don't know where it is. If I kick a ball in to a lake by accident I could say: "I lost the ball in the lake." Though I can clearly see it it in the lake, in this case 'lost' means no longer possessed.

I get your point though, it could have a clearer title. Interestingly, they've now removed "stolen" from the title on the original page.

+discuss+discuss

kleinbl00 · 2583 days ago · link ·

If I take your wallet and launch it into orbit, I've still stolen it. You no longer have access to your cash and I was the proximate cause. The lack of intent here seems like exactly the point of litigation we should expect to see soon.

+discuss+discuss

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goobster · 2583 days ago · link ·

I actually want to see this become a Thing. Like the tennis shoes that are hanging from power lines in the bad parts of town.

"Oooh! Look! A shooting star!"

"No honey. That was some man's wallet."

+discuss+discuss

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kleinbl00 · 2583 days ago · link ·

Mention it to Elon. Seems people like him shooting things into space, and love him burning their money.

I'llbehereallnightfolx

+discuss+discuss

mk · 2582 days ago · link ·

True, but the analogy isn't perfect. It's more like I had the combination to my unbreakable safe written on a piece of paper, and you burned the paper. Total dick move, but I wonder what the legal term would be.