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 A question for the philosophers 

My belief is if you have the keys, you are the rightful owner, even if you hacked them or derived them with a quantum computer - since this is how Bitcoin fundamentally works 
 the only way to recognize the property of a utxo is signin and broadcastin, so destroing the property itsel. You "own" for an istant, when block with your tx is confirmed is propagating.