Bloated_Hamster
Bloated_Hamster t1_ivkryxv wrote
Reply to comment by NeoLearner in TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87
AFAIK it can change depending on the context. You use "was" if you view the amount as a collective noun. "$500 was collected from each participant" because the $500 is seen as a single thing - one payment. If you view dollars as a single literal thing as in 500 one dollar bills then you use were. Bitcoin is the same. You use "was" when talking about a collective amount of Bitcoin, or use "were" if talking about individual coins like "500 total Bitcoin were stolen from 20 people today."
Bloated_Hamster t1_ivksp2o wrote
Reply to comment by Sjoeqie in TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87
Yes. If you steal $100,000 if items from someone and the items depreciate to be worth $50,000 you can be held liable to make up the rest of the restitution.