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by locusm 4587 days ago
Are there any recorded cases of someone recovering stolen BTC?
3 comments

It's not possible in general.

If someone steals your bitcoins, he can send them wherever they want. That's the "beauty" of bitcoin - if someone has the keys, he can do whatever he wants with it.

I read at least one case where an exchange seized funds coming from hacking into a site.
As far as I know, the exchange never released those funds.
as I understand it, the chances are very slim, but a solution might be to "ban" addresses with stolen coins from making transations... but there probably always will be a black market.