Not a theft, but a statement: Inside the Bitcoin proposal to reassign Satoshi-linked coins

Not a theft, but a statement: Inside the Bitcoin proposal to reassign Satoshi-linked coins

Search/NewsVideoPricesResearchConsensus 2026Data & IndicesSponsoredSearch/enTechShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailNot a theft, but a statement: Inside the Bitcoin proposal to reassign Satoshi-linked coinsPaul Sztorc says he can't move a single sat of Satoshi's bitcoin and isn't trying to. But critics say rewriting forked-chain balances at addresses a user does not control sets a bad precedent.By Shaurya Malwa|Edited by Jamie Crawley Apr 28, 2026, 2:41 p.m. Make preferred on What to know: A planned August fork called eCash would copy Bitcoin’s ledger and give existing BTC holders equivalent balances on a new chain, while diverting about 500,000 forked coins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto to early investors.Critics say the plan violates Bitcoin’s core ethic of inviolable property rights by reallocating Satoshi’s famously untouched holdings on the forked

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