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		zahlman 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' s... > The point of bitcoin was that it can't be taken off you by the state. The point of a "pig butchering scam" is that victims are socially engineered into giving their assets (in this case, bitcoin) to someone else.

ratelimitsteve 3 months ago [–]

you're right but that's not what we're talking about. we're talking about someone among the social engineers that made a mistake which allowed the DoJ to seize the btc.

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