Quote from: The Pharmacist on Today at 07:03:19 PM

Quote from: easternklaas on July 31, 2022, 10:42:15 PM

Law in Australia suggests I can be charged with 'theft by finding' if I don't make a reasonable attempt to identify the owner.

Wow, that's one hell of a law--in a silly, brainless way I mean. I'm not dissing Australia, mind you, because there are just too many laws worldwide and way too many that don't make sense.

In Spain you should give them to the Mayor of the city where you found the paper wallet and, after two years, if nobody claims it, it would be returned to you so it would be yours. In the case you don't do it, it would suppose a crime of "misappropriation". This figure is 133 years old Cheesy

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There is also the figure of "theft by finding" in Spain, but they are different: "misappropriation" means that you don't give the found object back, while "theft by finding" means that you materially displace the found object from the owner's domain to the domain of the appropriator. To be charged with "theft by finding", you should move the Bitcoins to a different wallet whose keys you own; at least in my country it works that way, and maybe there too. So check the law or hire a lawyer to advise you before taking the advise of another member with no legal experience.