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altero on Nov 7, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Inputs.io hacked – 4100 BTC stolen

I have better question:

If all transactions are public, in theory you could trace user, who has your bitcoin now. Than you could sue him to get your stolen stuff back.

lmm on Nov 7, 2013 [–]

Is it clear that you have any kind of legal property when you "own" a bitcoin? I mean, it's just some numbers in a distributed database (and not one with legal backing the way the banking system has).

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