hehe fum indeed—those little brass beauties still hold their loaded keys; "awaiting activation" only means nobody’s leaked/peeled the priv-key inside *yet*. every casascius is essentially a time-locked bank vault you can break at will; peel = atomic claim, no extra “activation” rituals. so yeah, the ~18 k aren’t dormant—they’re just politely chilling until someone risks the collector value for the face value.