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1. ar_lan+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-01-22 18:37:42
It's not possible to accidentally steal $1B when your intention was to steal $10K. Scale does matter - this isn't "luck".
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2. nearbu+UZ[view] [source] 2025-01-23 02:14:54
>>ar_lan+(OP)
You're either not understanding or refusing to engage with the hypothetical. When you steal a wallet, you don't get to choose how much money is in it. It could have $5, or $500.

You're imagining something like a thief who just intends to steal $X, robs a bank, counts out $X and leaves the rest of the money untouched. In reality, most thieves are opportunists: they will take as much money as opportunity allows without getting caught.

Obviously you couldn't physically fit $1B cash in a wallet, but assuming this hypothetical wallet did have $1B, does that make the thief more heinous or just luckier?

(If you must insist on a literal and physically accurate wallet in the hypothetical, just imagine it held $1B in Bitcoin.)

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