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It's not a theory, I've done it.

Here's a cryptographically signed + timestamped photo of me winning the lottery: https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/?source=https%3A%2F%2...

Would you like to buy my winning ticket from me?

(Compare against winning numbers and draw timestamp at https://www.euro-millions.com/results/28-08-2026 )

Prisoners escaping from prison is not a theory either, prisoners have actually escaped. Does that mean all prisoners are free?

This is a terrible analogy.

In cryptography, once any SINGLE person in the world has compromised a signing key, EVERY person in the world can use it.

Thus for a prisoner analogy, its equivalent to say once any SINGLE prisoner escapes, EVERY prisoner has the ability to escape.

So yes, in this terrible analogy it means all prisoners are free.