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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2583 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: $300m in cryptocurrency accidentally stolen and lost forever due to bug

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.





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."

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

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.