Quote from: Charles-Tim on February 19, 2024, 04:45:10 PM

Quote from: hhatton93 on February 19, 2024, 04:05:15 PM

So apparently there's like 4-6 million bitcoin that are lost and gone? Just curious if there was any ideas or plans to update the protocol to replace the lost bitcoins if there was a consensus, if that is even possible.

So that thieves (who are not the actual owners of the coins) should be claiming lost coins?

They should prove with their private keys that they are the owners.

You can not know the exact number of bitcoin that are lost because you can not say all coins that are not moved to another address are lost. Or which methodology did you use to arrive at 4 to 6 million BTC to have been lost?

I agree. Don't know why people are saying coins that are not moved to another address are lost ? Every now and then someone move a lot of old coins. In the end they all move.

https://decrypt.co/213243/2-billion-dormant-bitcoin-moved-why