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by jonathanaird 1975 days ago
He’s stated his reasoning many, many times. Legally speaking, keys do not prove identity. They prove access to keys which can be stolen. He’s making an intentional point to prove it in a court of law as a part of his bigger point that Bitcoin exists within existing legal frameworks and was not created to evade the law. Quite the opposite, it was created as a system to provide immutable evidentiary trails.
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Craig worded this nicely 2 weeks ago here https://youtu.be/_E7iuVM4CIA?t=2133