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Why should it tank? This would resolve uncertainty about the fate of a few percent of the whole supply, so the direct effect is bounded by that few percent (depending on how likely the market thinks it's been lost).

Indirectly it could jump-start a recursive reaction, but then anything could.

Dumping most of it all at once could tank the price, but to do that Satoshi would have to be an idiot.




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