Miners didn't do it. Everyone is overplaying this. The guy was arrested. They did a court order 'freezing' his coins in the sense that he would be held liable if coins were spent. He agreed to turn them over.
It's not a 'miner freeze.'
Post by twetch#116
Everyone gloating 'see! We told you that you could freeze Bitcoin! Welcome to law!' miss the point that nobody really contests that a court can make you turn over your wallet and keys and impose severe penalties if you don't.
What the chain says
- Block
- 622 940
- Time
- 2020-02-20T23:13:51Z
- Signer
- 1HsARx3TiY2iYHWoyu4XF88fZq9rih32gH
- App
- twetch
- Type
- post
- Content type
- text/plain
- Name in tx
- twetch#116
Fields the transaction did not carry are omitted. Open the payload to see the bytes as stored.
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That said, a miner freeze order could in theory be possible, or an exchange blacklist. Mike Hearn was I think the first person to ever talk about this, back in 2011/12.
alright thanks for clarifying. Aounded like bs right away.
I wish the cultists would stop muddying the waters