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Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

If this was the actual explanation, that would be kind of funny (and possibly ironic?)

Just the pure distillation of, "protect the private key with your life." If it can happen to the person who literally created the thing, it can happen to you.