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Knowing the private key and owning the linked coins is not necessarily =
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At least in german law there is a difference between =91Eigentum' means =
ownership and =91Besitz=92 means ability to deal with it.
Being able to deal with an asset does not make you the owner.
Tamas Blummer
On Jan 20, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock.name> =
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> If you have the private keys for your users' bitcoins, then you are =
every bit as much the owner of those bitcoins as your users are. There =
is no custodial relationship, as you have both the ability and the right =
to spend those bitcoins. Possession of a private key is equivalent to =
ownership of the bitcoins controlled by that private key.
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after-white-space;">Knowing the private key and owning the linked coins =
is not necessarily the same in front of a =
court.<div><div><br></div><div>At least in german law there is a =
difference between =91Eigentum' means ownership and =91Besitz=92 means =
ability to deal with it.</div><div>Being able to deal with an asset does =
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wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><br>If you have the private keys =
for your users' bitcoins, then you are every bit as much the owner of =
those bitcoins as your users are. There is no custodial relationship, as =
you have both the ability and the right to spend those bitcoins. =
Possession of a private key is equivalent to ownership of the bitcoins =
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