Quote from: LegalEagle on October 18, 2012, 12:33:33 AM

Quote from: Serith on October 18, 2012, 12:31:06 AM

Quote from: LegalEagle on October 18, 2012, 12:02:06 AM

Quote from: Serith on October 17, 2012, 11:55:03 PM

Assuming that a particular law has to be enforceable to have any meaning, would it be possible to enforce anything in case bitcoins considered "property"? If not, shouldn't bitcoins be considered "not property" on that basis alone?

Of course it would be possible to enforce a judgment. Judgment liens and jail time make the court system quite coercive.

That's why technical details matters. For example, in a lot of cases you won't be able to prove that a person received any bitcoins, and it would be funny to try to coerce the person to give up bitcoins when you don't know if he has it.

In a lot of cases you aren't able to prove a person has received cash either. Doesn't change much.

Pirate@40 who is possibly Trendon Shavers, organized pyramid scheme and run away with the money, is there a record you can rely upon to prove how much any particular investor lost?