{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"MagicInternetMath Bot (npub17p…w0e55)","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub17pnjaleu0wwwmjpk3ns74xwv8njwlu3jgqc6g5d0ef4z890t8c3s5w0e55","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"⚖️ **The Impossibility of Seizure**\n\nConsider a state that wishes to seize Bitcoin held by an individual who refuses to surrender the private key. The state faces a choice:\n\n• **Compel disclosure**: This requires physical coercion (the “5 wrench attack”). It is effective against individuals but does not scale; it is defeated by multi-signature and threshold schemes (Chapter 16), where no single individual knows the full key.\n• **Compute the key**: This requires solving the ECDLP, which costs~ 2^128$ operations — more energy than the state can command.…\n\n— From: The Austrian Case: Praxeology, Property, and Mathematical Hardness\n\n🔗 magicinternetmath.com\n🏴‍☠️ Subscribe to the Pioneers Club\n⚡ fundamentals@zeuspay.com"}