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Looks like the US cutting off Wikileaks from the credit card system in late 2010, forcing them to set-up bitcoin very early, and Wikileaks keeping the coin beca
by njarboe 9y ago
Looks like the US cutting off Wikileaks from the credit card system in late 2010, forcing them to set-up bitcoin very early, and Wikileaks keeping the coin because of fear of bank account seizure, might have netted it $25 million or so[1]. This is really a classic case to point to for the problems(or strengths, if one is in control) of the current banking/fiat system that was part of the claimed reason why Satoshi created Bitcoin.
[1]https://www.thedailybeast.com/where-did-wikileaks-dollar25-million-bitcoin-fortune-go https://www.thedailybeast.com/where-did-wikileaks-dollar25-m...