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 > the Government can't take your bitcoin if it's in self-custody, HODL

Meanwhile, the Goverment, casually seizing over 200k bitcoin without breaking a sweat:
 https://image.nostr.build/72f88ce01a7fe8a82a5fe10b92186f65844bbedfa7bc18d05e2e664ba0227775.jpg 
 So proud to be american 🇺🇲
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 How would you seize BTC on a hardware wallet? Guess the seedphrase and initiate transfers to your own govt wallet? 
 Come work for us and we will show you 😉. Humans are the easiest to break. 
 With a 1.5 billion dollar wrench? 
 https://youtu.be/tH0bTpwQL7U?si=CEQnmkJL9URTcd5-

I think I’ll hold out for something better 
 Question: If I have $1,000,000 in Bitcoin on a hardware wallet, but my dog ate my notebook my seed phrase was on and my toddler flushed the wallet, can I report that as a loss on my taxes? 
 Losses require that someone else has a gain, right? 🧌