Is stealing Bitcoin illegal? - page 4.

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Quote from: Alanay on October 21, 2016, 09:51:43 PM

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Quote from: Alanay on October 21, 2016, 09:27:56 PM

It's so funny I thought this place would be filled with smart people. You guys cannot even understand the context in a thread.

I was asking if somebody generated a BTC address, checked the BTC network, saw it already had BTC in it, then took it, if that is illegal. I am pretty certain it isn't. If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

First of all, what are you talking about here is not possible. You can't just generate an address that already has a Bitcoin in it, because you can't generate the same address twice.

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If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

Are you serious right now? Your knowledge of Bitcoin is obviously very small. It's is 100% possible two people can get generate the same address but it is really really REALLY unlikely. Please don't talk about things you know nothing about to begin with.

I could say that these kind of bugs of addresses is a very rare thing to happen because all new generated address are completely unique but we cant really avoid some flaws or circumstances. There are really people talk too much into things without any proper knowledge with it. In situation of OP its not considered as stealing for me.

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Quote from: Jeremycoin on October 21, 2016, 09:40:24 PM

Quote from: Alanay on October 21, 2016, 09:27:56 PM

It's so funny I thought this place would be filled with smart people. You guys cannot even understand the context in a thread.

I was asking if somebody generated a BTC address, checked the BTC network, saw it already had BTC in it, then took it, if that is illegal. I am pretty certain it isn't. If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

First of all, what are you talking about here is not possible. You can't just generate an address that already has a Bitcoin in it, because you can't generate the same address twice.

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If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

Are you serious right now? Your knowledge of Bitcoin is obviously very small. It's is 100% possible two people can get generate the same address but it is really really REALLY unlikely. Please don't talk about things you know nothing about to begin with.

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Quote from: Alanay on October 21, 2016, 09:27:56 PM

It's so funny I thought this place would be filled with smart people. You guys cannot even understand the context in a thread.

I was asking if somebody generated a BTC address, checked the BTC network, saw it already had BTC in it, then took it, if that is illegal. I am pretty certain it isn't. If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

First of all, what are you talking about here is not possible. You can't just generate an address that already has a Bitcoin in it, because you can't generate the same address twice.

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If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

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It's so funny I thought this place would be filled with smart people. You guys cannot even understand the context in a thread.

I was asking if somebody generated a BTC address, checked the BTC network, saw it already had BTC in it, then took it, if that is illegal. I am pretty certain it isn't. If you say it is and a BTC developer heard you I'm sure he'd give you a great big slap.

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Quote from: bitdumper on October 19, 2016, 11:53:21 AM

actully yes it is kind of illigal but here nobody will actully gonna punish you as it is not in power of any government but if someone really finds a scammer then yes they can take appropriate action like arresting them

Any stealing is not correct, and it is illegal. If one can come to know who is it then surely they will be punished. But before going to punishment just think like a normal person, if someone steals your money how do you feel? it is same for others so instead of thinking stealing just learn how to earn money in legal ways. It is good for a person and as well as for society.

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yes it is illegal bitcoin is still worth with something

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yeah anything to steal is illegal and bitcoin is normally crypto currency so no one can steal it from other because bitcoin have high security and bitcoin is not hack able.

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It is definitely stealing. And ll of us know stealing vis ILLEGAL. no matter how small content of the address you have generated as long as you have cash out the money. In the part of the owner, it is so unfortunate for him to lose those address since it will be definitely hard to trace who is responsible for the illegal act.

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Quote from: Alanay on July 16, 2016, 06:32:05 PM

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.

Yeah stealing Bitcoin is illegal because you are taking something that does not belong to you so it still is stealing even tho it is online.
You should have more wallets if you want to prevent Bitcoin being stolen from you.

yeah you are right that stealing bitcoin is illegal and sometime i think that bitcoin is also like as normal currency and anyone can steal bitcoin from other person and its very secure and anyone can not steal it from other because bitcoin have very strong security.

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its not illegal but its something that you simply not do to be honest because of the fact that if you are doing this you seriously have no life if you are asking me.
I think that stealing bitcoin is only for idiots..

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Quote from: Alanay on July 16, 2016, 06:32:05 PM

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.

Yes, stealing is illegal activity, so bitcoins stealing is illegal too, it is quite bad idea to steal them as it is pretty hard if you don't have skills, even if it is hard to prove that you stole

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The word itself, "stealing" does it sound legal to you?, it's not right?. Stealing is illegal because you are getting something from someone without their permission. Stealing everything that is not yours is illegal. And that thing that you've said is not really possible to happen, let's say it can happen and let's rate it from 1 to 10, the chances that it is going to happen to anyone is 1 out of 10, it is like a blue moon because it is rarely happens. And what would you get from stealing it? Have more bitcoin in an instant without doing anything? Would your conscience can take it? I know your conscience will never let you sleep if you would do something like that.

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Quote from: Oilacris on October 20, 2016, 02:02:04 AM

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Quote from: bitdumper on October 19, 2016, 11:53:21 AM

actully yes it is kind of illigal but here nobody will actully gonna punish you as it is not in power of any government but if someone really finds a scammer then yes they can take appropriate action like arresting them

As long as it is illegal then that is not going to be a bad act and stealing of something that you don't own is against the law. But with the situation of op that is not considered as stealing because op just received bitcoin accidentally to his bitcoin wallet and he has no intention to steal the bitcoin of other people, maybe he could just return that.

HE could able to return if hed like to.. but the question here is how he would gonna return those coins? If he dont know who really owns it and then for sure he would tend to get those bitcoins rather than leaving it and thinking that its better to benefit and dont let it come to waste.

Yup! if a person really don't have an idea of who is the owner of that bitcoin then I think all he would do is get that bitcoin and would never tell anybody that he has got that kind of money, and I think that is the kind of attitude a person would show if he have a sight for that kind of money!

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Quote from: bitdumper on October 19, 2016, 11:53:21 AM

actully yes it is kind of illigal but here nobody will actully gonna punish you as it is not in power of any government but if someone really finds a scammer then yes they can take appropriate action like arresting them

As long as it is illegal then that is not going to be a bad act and stealing of something that you don't own is against the law. But with the situation of op that is not considered as stealing because op just received bitcoin accidentally to his bitcoin wallet and he has no intention to steal the bitcoin of other people, maybe he could just return that.

HE could able to return if hed like to.. but the question here is how he would gonna return those coins? If he dont know who really owns it and then for sure he would tend to get those bitcoins rather than leaving it and thinking that its better to benefit and dont let it come to waste.

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Quote from: TTMNewsK on October 17, 2016, 11:45:38 PM

Of course YES.
Any stealing acts is illegal.
It's doesn't matter what you are trying to steal.
It's still a bad thing.
So don't try it if you don't want to be punished.

We all agree that any acts of stealing is illegal and there is no doubt about that but in this case it's hard to tell if the OP is a stealer or not because it looks like one in a billion coincidence in which the money suddenly came out from nowhere.

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actully yes it is kind of illigal but here nobody will actully gonna punish you as it is not in power of any government but if someone really finds a scammer then yes they can take appropriate action like arresting them

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Quote from: Alanay on July 16, 2016, 06:32:05 PM

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 Bitcoin is illegal but the truth is that nobody can do something about it and that is maybe why some people think that you can just do it.
It is just as illegal as stealing something else only the police have no influence on it.

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Quote from: phreaky on October 18, 2016, 03:24:56 AM

Quote from: Alanay on July 16, 2016, 06:32:05 PM

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.

Yeah stealing Bitcoin is illegal because you are taking something that does not belong to you so it still is stealing even tho it is online.
You should have more wallets if you want to prevent Bitcoin being stolen from you.

More paper wallets, not online ones. Paper wallets are the safest. I feel way safer since I have moved my balance to dozens of cold wallets.

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Quote from: phreaky on October 18, 2016, 03:24:56 AM

Quote from: Alanay on July 16, 2016, 06:32:05 PM

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.

Yeah stealing Bitcoin is illegal because you are taking something that does not belong to you so it still is stealing even tho it is online.
You should have more wallets if you want to prevent Bitcoin being stolen from you.

But if you have a chance would you steal or not?

That is the big question that needs to be answer as even if you steal bitcoin you will not be prosecuted as there is no law specifically designed for bitcoin, let alone bitcoin is not even recognized as legal currency.

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