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U.S. Marshals auctioning off 50,000 Bitcoins seized from Silk Road operator

article published on 18 November, 2014

The U.S. Marshals Service has announced that it will be auctioning off 50,000 Bitcoins seized from the alleged operator of the Silk Road drug marketplace. At current Bitcoin pricing, the coins should bring in about $19 million USD. The coins were found in the digital wallet of Ross Ulbricht, who is accused of running the online bazaar for drugs found in the Tor deepnet. Five months ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		19. November 2014 @ 18:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What a shame this site got seized.........woulda been a great place to start looking for a new liver if I keep boozin' it up with my peeps.
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ivymike
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_ 		19. November 2014 @ 22:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the Powers That Be keep shutting down P2P sites & sites like Silk Road, they're asking for Armageddon.
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megadunderhead
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_ 		20. November 2014 @ 22:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
look at it this way you think someone is stupid enough to spend 1 million dollars to get 1 million dollars of bitcoins who's the moron in this
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Mr-Movies
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_ 		21. November 2014 @ 14:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ain't that the truth.
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sundance
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_ 		24. November 2014 @ 13:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Who gets the money?
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Mr-Movies
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_ 		24. November 2014 @ 17:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You do, our government doesn't extort monies, or do they? ;P
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