Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F662514 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:01:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from smtp.uni-ulm.de (smtp.uni-ulm.de [134.60.1.26]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A193A1 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:01:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-ulm.de Received: from banane.informatik.uni-ulm.de (banane.informatik.uni-ulm.de [134.60.77.114]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.uni-ulm.de (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id uBE80p9i002495 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:00:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:00:51 +0100 From: Henning Kopp To: Ben West , Bitcoin Protocol Discussion Message-ID: <20161214080051.GA2321@banane.informatik.uni-ulm.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-DCC-x.dcc-servers-Metrics: poseidon 104; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Currency X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:01:03 -0000 Hi Ben, not sure if this is the right mailing list for that. I think it rather belongs to bitcoin-discuss. And I am also not sure if I understand your question. What you may mean is the private key of a user. If you find this, you can spend his funds and also prove that you own the funds. Depending on your level of understanding of Bitcoin, this blogpost may be insightful for you: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/ All the best Henning On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:13:24AM +0000, Ben West via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Hello all; > is there any number or id that determine uniquely the BTC value. > otherwise; is there any hash or address or key that when found we could say > this is my 50BTC or my 20BTC ?. > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev -- Henning Kopp Institute of Distributed Systems Ulm University, Germany Office: O27 - 3402 Phone: +49 731 50-24138 Web: http://www.uni-ulm.de/in/vs/~kopp