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		snake_plissken on Feb 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmaxwell's “prove how (non)-fractional your Bitcoi... Can't all of this information be found in the block chain if you know the addresses the exchanges are using?

nullc on Feb 21, 2014 [–]

No. In theory if you know all the addresses you know how many coins they have— but to know the exchange is not fractional you must also know something about its obligations.

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