The nature of Bitcoin as a digital asset makes it impossible to fit 1:1 into the framework of property as we know it. One can possess Bitcoin, but not truly own it in the conventional sense.
Bitcoin is not about ownership, but about cryptographic control.
Here is my take on the subject via BitcoinMagazine (npub1t8a…56yu).
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-a-possession-not-property
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