Re: Proof of Bitcoin address ownership

This project illustrates Rick’s point: https://lbc.cryptoguru.org/about <https://lbc.cryptoguru.org/about>


Kerri


> On Nov 2, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Rick Dudley <a.frederick.dudley@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The short answer is given your implicit definition not ownership (which seems close to the legal one) procession of a private key does not qualify as ownership of anything. The blockchain community generally disagrees with the law on this subject out necessity and a fondness for a particular type of crypto-anarchism. I try to avoid talking about ownership because of its legal implications and instead talk about control.
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> -Rick
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> On Nov 2, 2017 05:18, "Timothy Holborn" <timothy.holborn@gmail.com <mailto:timothy.holborn@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Question. 
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> Say two actors have a private key to a bunch of Bitcoin. One removes the Bitcoin, the other claims it was their Bitcoin.  
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> Given a Bitcoin address is effectively data, how does anyone own it? 
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> are there some sort of data laws that provides the means to "own" the private key? Or the address? 
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> I'm fairly sure people don't own their biometric signatures, so how could they own a Bitcoin if they couldn't own their address?
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