> Very true, if Moore's law is still functional in 200 years, computers will > be 2^100 times faster (possibly more if quantum computing becomes > commonplace), and so old wallets may be easily cracked. > > We will need a way to force people to use newer, higher security wallets, > and turning coins to mining rewards is better solution than them just being > hacked. Even in such an event, my personal view is the bitcoin owner should have the freedom to choose upgrade to secure his/her coins or to leave the door open for the first hacker to assume the coins - yet the bitcoin network that he/she trusts should not act like a hacker to assume his/her coins. daniel