In the end, property is only achieved when its ownership can truly be enforced, whatever the means. Tack on whatever you like but it really means nothing.

I prefer you wouldn't and I will use all available means to prevent such acquisition. If I fail, I fail.

Ah the old cliche, "The only rights you have, are the ones you can defend"   A truism.

A capitalist and/or socialist has nothing to do with it.

Without a government, I would bet many conservatives would be able to "defend" themselves. The whole second amendment and all. The true conservatives don't trust their government, they don't "expect" help to come, they question decisions, they are leery when rights are stripped from them for the "public" good.

But what if it really wasn't a good deal and you just didn't know it wasn't?

Isn't that still exploitation?

Every single discussion like this should be forked and go in off-topic.  These forums are getting cluttered enough as it is, and the problem will only get worse as BitCoin continues to grow.

hehehe

I am new here, just reading all the "off topic" messages, and they're fun, and a good read.

just my 0.02 BTC

Not sure if this 90% off topic thread will get me any answers but...
Is there even anyway to detect abandoned bitcoins? If we could some how round them up and redistribute them evenly...
Could we "mine" abandoned coins? Haha

If they are active in the block chain, then aren't they 100% in someone's wallet? How can coins exist without an owner (meaning, the coins were, at one time, owned, regardless to whether or not they are currently owned or lost)? In my eyes, it's impossible to determine if coins are lost and I think that's by design. I guess you can find an address that has had coins in them for years and has never sent a payment anywhere and one can consider those 'lost', but there's no way to tell if they are truly lost or if the owner just has them stored in a safe place somewhere.