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USG seizes 1B USD worth of Bitcoin [pdf]
- da39a3ee 6y agoWhat data did they have that allowed them (technically, not legally) to "seize" these funds?
- detaro 6y agoAccording to the text, the owner of the address was involved, and presumably gave them access?
- bigiain 6y agoI wonder if Ulbricht gave them Individual X's identity, or they got it from BTC-e... (Or if the NSA told them who it was and they've parallel reconstructed a plausible trail of evidence?)
- simonblack 6y agoIf you can't hold or touch it in your hot little hand, you don't really own it. There's a reason that many assets are described as 'real'.