No one else can use it so maybe I can do some good with that money

  • OtterOPA
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    1 year ago

    I was thinking of asking for something like the wallet address / private key / encryption password but thought I might get snagged on a technicality. Decided to just ask for everything

    • afunkysongaday@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes does not actually matter that much for this thought experiment anyways!

      If we want to get technical: For most crypto currencies you only need a private key to gain access to a wallet. You don’t need anything else, not even the address of that wallet! I just found the thought of someone going “I got the key to this btc wallet with one gazillion btc but I don’t have the wallet it belongs too! Welp, nothing I can do about it I guess!” funny. 😁

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        1 year ago

        Ah interesting, good to know 😄

        If I ever find a private key, I’ll come back here to split it with you