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They've seized the file, but don't have the key. So, they haven't seized anything really, as I am pretty sure the guy has a copy of that file.


If he doesn't have a copy of the file, then even if the cops can't access it, semantically they could be said to have seized them?


He might know the 12 word key phrase. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Brainwallet


Sure, ok, so they have an encrypted version of the private key!?


From the Wiki:

> The wallet.dat file is located in the Bitcoin data directory and may be encrypted with a password.

I guess they have the encrypted wallet.dat, but not the password for decrypting it.


Obviously it has been seized. They put it in the /police/property/seized dir and therefore it is the government's!


More likely C:\Users\OfficerDibble\Desktop\


If you have a paper wallet or memorized it, that file doesn't really matter though. Nothing was seized other than encrypted data.




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