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Board Wallet software
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Re: I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously
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o_e_l_e_o
on 13/08/2022, 09:14:58 UTC
⭐ Merited by Cricktor (1)
Taking or spending someone else's bitcoin isn't the right one no matter what network features allow you to do.
This. What the protocol allows you to do is not a moral guide. You can spam people with dust outputs, you can bloat the UTXO set with unspendable outputs, and you can store arbitrary data on the blockchain. You can run a centralized service which blacklists certain outputs or overpays transaction fees by 100x. And you can steal someone else's bitcoin by finding their private key. The protocol is neither a legal nor moral authority, and just because you can does not mean you should.