a source familiar with the matter on Nostr: Imagine if Satoshi promised to pay 1 physical Bitcoin for each coin "mined" on his ...
Imagine if Satoshi promised to pay 1 physical Bitcoin for each coin "mined" on his ledger. Then suppose he defaulted and it became clear that he would never pay.
Would Bitcoins retain their full value in such a situation? How is the present situation where a Bitcoin was never claimed to be worth anything different from the situation in which all such claims have been abandoned?
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