user3496: What happens to a person's bitcoins if they should happen to die prematurely?  Will those coins be lost forever if no one knows that person's wallet info?

user2630: Yes. Those bitcoins will never be used again unless someone creates a private key that hashes to the same public key.

3496: <p>What happens to a person's bitcoins if they should happen to die prematurely?  Will those coins be lost forever if no one knows that person's wallet info?</p>
 2630: <p>Yes. Those bitcoins will never be used again unless someone creates a private key that hashes to the same public key.</p>
