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title: 'Re: Questions about Addresses'
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date: 2010-02-05 19:44:46 UTC
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34.msg250#msg250
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# Re: Questions about Addresses
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<code>Re: Questions about Addresses
February 05, 2010, 07:44:46 PM

<a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34.msg246#msg246">Quote from: Sabunir on February 05, 2010, 05:31:30 PM</a>
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Perhaps there should be a feature against this? For instance, if a transaction isn't accepted by the recipient for a long period of time (a month?), the transaction will be canceled and the coins returned to the one who sent them?
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That's not possible.  You've handed control of the money over to the recipient's keypair.  Only that key can control it.

It's similar to if you encrypt a file with AES and a strong password, and you lose the password.  The data is lost.</code></pre></div></div>