And you thought the world as you know is unequal,

>>2048403
>5% being lost

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF SOMEONE HAS LOST THEIR WALLET OR IF IT IS IN COLD STORAGE, THEY ARE JUST PULLING THIS NUMBER OUT OF THEIR ASS. ALL THE BIG WALLETS THEY MENTION HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE BITCOIN WAS MADE AND ARE MOST LIKELY LOST TOO. IDIOTS.

>>2048417
If there's a recent transaction, then the wallet isn't lost. Decent estimates could easily account for this.

>>2048403
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution

That's how resources work

>>2049109
And the meaning of life is a gaussian integral lol

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Just imagine this scenario:
>at a thrift shop
>some mother has put her dead child's old HDD or computer for sale for a few bucks
>buy, plug it in
>find BTC wallet with thousands and THOUSANDS of bitcoins
>yfw

>>2049593
You would still have to decrypt the wallet

>>2049593
you don't know how Bitcoin works do you