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1. matesz · 1789648229 · focus · HN ↗

   I’ve read so many news stories of people gone missing who had been know to have sole access to bitcoin wallets with large amount of bitcoins in them.

   I wonder how people at large crypto exchanges handle that. Perhaps shamir share the access to the pkey password and store parts at secure places like a bank? And make official access protocol akin to dnssec, but simplified?

   1. krageon · 1789648515 · focus · HN ↗

      Large exchanges handle this very simply: If they have the keys, it goes to the inheritor(s) once they get a court order. If they do not, it goes nowhere

      1. slipwalker · 1789648878 · focus · HN ↗

         but what sort of people keep their bitcoins on the exchange ? the whole point is about not being seizable by dirty governments...

         1. lizardking · 1789650941 · focus · HN ↗

            "Number go up" people

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