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mk  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Feds ready to auction off $25 million in Silk Road Bitcoin

That's a good point. WTF.

    These bitcoins were forfeited not because they are bitcoins, but because they were, as the court found, the proceeds of crimes.”

If those are Ulbricht's coins, then that the auction should come after his conviction.

Maybe they should wait until after the trial, then consider the bitcoin as punishment enough.





user-inactivated  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·  

civil asset forfeiture, which I assume these were seized under, requires no conviction, charges, or even evidence. flagamuffin posted a decent article a while back that I totally lied about not reading: http://hubski.com/pub?id=124830

user-inactivated  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha obviously you read it. It was excellent journalism.