Comment by rvnx

Comment by rvnx 18 hours ago

10 replies

The solution is to store your money on a wallet where you do not have the private key. This way if you cannot access your funds nobody will be able to coerce you.

ceejayoz 18 hours ago

Their solution to that is "rot in jail for a long time, then".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick

  • diggan 18 hours ago

    Demonstrating that if you wait long enough (14 years in that case), you can get away without loosing the funds, even from the state?

    > On July 10, 2009, Chadwick was ordered released from prison by Delaware County Judge Joseph Cronin, who determined his continued incarceration had lost its coercive effect and would not result in him surrendering the money.

    • ceejayoz 18 hours ago

      His finances are gonna be under close inspection for the rest of his life, and fourteen years is a lot to lose.

      • diggan 18 hours ago

        2.5 million was a lot in 1992, and who knows what that amount is today, if they've offloaded it to somewhere it earns interest. I know plenty of people who day-by-day sacrifice their time for way less than ~500 per day which that ends up being if we assume the money been still since they were arrested.

rafterydj 18 hours ago

In that case the obvious move from the 5$ wrench perspective is to hit you with it until you tell them where the private key is kept, because you would need to have it somewhere.

incone123 18 hours ago

The key must exist somewhere and the wrench may make you reveal that information instead.

anjel 17 hours ago

What 5 dollar wrench wielder is going to believe that, even when it's true?