Topic: Is stealing Bitcoin illegal? - page 11. (Read 39521 times)
yes it is illigal but if you are not caught then i do not think anyone can find you atleast not from bitcoin directly. you can only be traced if you have done any mistakes or you forget to clear your footprints
If that's gonna happen I thinks its pretty sure that it is illegal. It is a kind of stealing if you will use that bitcoin. It's someones earnings and not yours. Maybe you can search for the real owner of that address and tell him/her that you shared the same address. Maybe he will give you a bounty for telling the truth. And also you will have a +credit to your good deeds. 
Let's say I generate a new address and by some miracle it has Bitcoin already in it belonging to somebody else. Is it legal to just take it? I understand those odds are very low, no need to lecture me, I'm just interested.
you have thirty eight pages of reply for this question,here is my input from my part,if you generate a new address and there wont be any miracle to have some bitcoin already in that wallet,the chances are slim and it is an impossible scenario ,if you take somebody's asset without their knowledge it is termed as theft 
this. I think you have more chances of winning the lottery than getting a address that has bitcoins on it; and I dont even know if that is possible.
I won’t give lecture on morality because we all know that it’s wrong but let’s discuss it as a case. I think, yes it’s possible but it’s not going to happen in next 1,000 years for sure and till then crypto currency might have some totally different technology that would make security at its peak level. There is near to -1,000% possibility of the probability of having bitcoins in newly created address.
Stealing is absolutely illegal..if proven.
Now the question is, is there any obvious way to proof that a stolen coin is indeed your money? It is possible that you might transferred your money to the thief (which is not considered as stealing)
Now the question is, is there any obvious way to proof that a stolen coin is indeed your money? It is possible that you might transferred your money to the thief (which is not considered as stealing)
Let's say I generate a new address and by some miracle it has Bitcoin already in it belonging to somebody else. Is it legal to just take it? I understand those odds are very low, no need to lecture me, I'm just interested.
Stealing is illegal always , but in your case and question its hard to locate who's the real owner of that btc , so it's not your fault .
You mean there is no law yet? However there is law for thyself. If you can manage to supress your conscience then it is not illegal. But can you take it even if you will be thinking about it everyday and giving you chills when you remember what you have done?
This is about our own thinking and principle.Today is rare to find someone who talking about this because this is 2016 bro.All is about the money.Many of people will not thinking either the money they got is illegal or not.Even we have a low,we still break it.
Bitcoin is considered a currency. If you steal any kind of currency, then you are stealing. If you went up to a guy and took his fiat, you would go to jail for robbery. It is the same way with Bitcoin, if you went up to a guy and stole his private key that gave you access to all of his Bitcoin.
why is this topic still on top?!
the OP is not asking about "stealing bitcoin". it is good to sometimes read the first post before spamming here guys!
he is talking about a rare (impossible) scenario where he can accidentally create an address with bitcoin on it.
the OP is not asking about "stealing bitcoin". it is good to sometimes read the first post before spamming here guys!
he is talking about a rare (impossible) scenario where he can accidentally create an address with bitcoin on it.
Stealing is always illegal but stealing bitcoins they cant know who have stolen their bitcoin so what i do know is that you can steal bitcoins becuae you cant get caught so why not?
Its maybe not illegal but I think its not right to just steal them, someone worked hard for t most likely.
I think that you should not do this just because of the principles.
I dont think stealing bitcoins is illegal because the police cant do anything about it bvecuase the bitcoin is not traceable so they cant find the one who stole your bitcoins.
You mean there is no law yet? However there is law for thyself. If you can manage to supress your conscience then it is not illegal. But can you take it even if you will be thinking about it everyday and giving you chills when you remember what you have done?
This is true, even no one see you on the crime you commit but conscience would always haunt you down even in your sleep. lol. Unless if you are a person who always steal and already immune to these kind of conscience thing. Stealing someones possesion is always illegal in any ways.
I dont think stealing bitcoins is illegal because the police cant do anything about it bvecuase the bitcoin is not traceable so they cant find the one who stole your bitcoins.
You mean there is no law yet? However there is law for thyself. If you can manage to supress your conscience then it is not illegal. But can you take it even if you will be thinking about it everyday and giving you chills when you remember what you have done?
Stealing bitcoins is sort of illegal but the thing is that they cant do anything about it becuase the bitcoin is not yours you know bitcoins are for everyone because everyone can mine them./
Yup stealing anything will determine as illegal and wrong only. I think there is one drawback bitcoin, you cannot easily find the scammers who steal your btc.However we have anonymous in transaction but this is having this kind disadvantage also.
Stealing is not illegal.
Is stealing someone's thought illegal? No.
Is stealing someone's heart illegal? No.
Is stealing someone's idea illegal? Not really.
Is stealing someone's parking space illegal? No.
Bitcoin is just like a parking space, thought, idea, heart. Stealing it is not illegal.
Only stealing things like cars which are made out of hard assed material is illegal.
Is stealing someone's thought illegal? No.
Is stealing someone's heart illegal? No.
Is stealing someone's idea illegal? Not really.
Is stealing someone's parking space illegal? No.
Bitcoin is just like a parking space, thought, idea, heart. Stealing it is not illegal.
Only stealing things like cars which are made out of hard assed material is illegal.
Stealing bitcoins is sort of illegal but the thing is that they cant do anything about it becuase the bitcoin is not yours you know bitcoins are for everyone because everyone can mine them./
I dont think stealing bitcoins is illegal because the police cant do anything about it bvecuase the bitcoin is not traceable so they cant find the one who stole your bitcoins.
Stealing is always illegal but stealing bitcoins they cant know who have stolen their bitcoin so what i do know is that you can steal bitcoins becuae you cant get caught so why not?
Yes - it is illegal - you are taking digital assets that don't belong to you. Accessing a public website for a purpose other than what it is designed for can even land you in jail. https://www.wired.com/2013/03/att-hacker-gets-3-years/
How would the person know who stole their BTC ?
Isn't the question hard to answer since:
1. It will never happen
2. It has never happened
3. No court would accept such a case
?
Isn't the question hard to answer since:
1. It will never happen
2. It has never happened
3. No court would accept such a case
?
Stealing someones possession is consider already as stealing and any way of stealing is definitely illegal, on the case of OP seems he dont intend to generate an address with a fund already maybe its not consider stealing since he wont know whos the owner of the address.
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