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> What the heck @FBI @ic3 why can't I reach anyone???

Uh, because it’s New Year’s Day? Don’t get injured or become a crime victim on a holiday, if possible.

I'm confused why he even is interested in reaching these governmental organisations. Isn't it the idea of "code is the law" a pillar of the crypto movement?

I don't claim that the person in question did this but as a thought experiment IMHO stealing Bitcoin is oxymoron because the transactions are happening in the realm of zero trust computational environment. The whole premise is that this is a trust-less system which means that we shouldn't even attempt to trust in anything about the wallet movements.

Maybe it was a handshake deal that went sour afterwards?

Every crypto hack is followed by a swift call for a centralised authority to intervene.

Why is that inconsistent? There’s a lot of people that believe governments only legit purpose is to protect people and their property.

Then don't make systems aimed only at removing government authority around many. Governance for me, but not for thee

In order for governments to do that the systems have to have a way for an authority to intervene and reverse the transaction...

Which is expressly impossible to do without creating a fork of the chian... Which is pretty contrary to the ethos of the white papers for Bitcoin.

To recoup the loss possibly, but that’s not necessarily governments job. The governments job would be to investigate the theft in an attempt to charge a suspect(s) with a crime against another person.

If the property is replaceable by the charged parties then that could be used by the government as a consideration in plea bargaining or sentencing. But if it’s gone then hopefully the plaintiff purchased insurance on it.

Slightly off-topic, but who is this @ic3 and why does he tag them in the same way as the FBI?

Here's the account, for reference: https://twitter.com/ic3 . Doesn't look like an official to me.

Clearly he meant https://www.ic3.gov/ but tagged a wrong account.

> Clearly he meant https://www.ic3.gov/ but tagged a wrong account

I use Twitter solely for moaning at service providers who respond [far!] faster on Twitter than they do by phone or email, but .. umm ... doesn't this [common] mistake demonstrate how broken this approach is?

And there is nothing they can do anyway

like they are going to summon resources to try to find some guy who is probably in Russia or something

You think the entirety of the FBI takes a day off on national holidays?

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