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>The bitcoiner isn't going to hand over his coins for any reason (including torture, torture of family members, bribery, etc).

Lol. Lmao, even. Let's just suppose a completely different kind of human.

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People have died for less. You are assuming everyone has the same kind of morals and ethics as yourself.

What's the point of 10k bitcoins if you can't buy you and your family a life free of the pain of being tortured by the government. Whose family is going to forgive them if they let their sons or daughters be mutilated and traumatised for the low, low price of 10k bitcoins?

Idk you're suggesting the existence of a human that, while not impossible, must be vanishingly rare. Perhaps you don't really understand what torture means?

There are people who have no one but themselves. It's much easier to imagine this when someone has no living relatives.

Some yes, but most people are happily giving up everything they own to avoid pain and suffering of themselves or their loved one.

This is nothing new and is proven throughout history.

It's also perfectly understandable that you'll choose the well being of your child or significant other over some money.

Morals and ethics somehow related to handing over your virtual money because someone is killing your family if you aren't?

Okay.

Hard to imagine dying for less than imaginary internet tokens.

I guess there are people who drive off cliffs and whatnot, but somehow that feels like an honest mistake and not as funny to me.

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