Government Seizes 69,730 Bitcoin ($1 Billion) Tied To Silk Road
On November 5, 2020, federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint describing the seizure of 69,370 bitcoin (worth about $1.06 billion...
Silk Road
The Silk Road’s Biggest Mystery – 444,000 Bitcoin are still completely missing from the original Silk Road marketplace
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The Long and Winding Story of Silk Road, Bitcoin’s Earliest Major Application
This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine‘s 10th anniversary print edition. Silk Road, the online marketplace named for the historic...
FinCEN Files Remind Us That Bitcoin Is Still Not For Money Laundering
This article originally appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to...
Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans
The charges are reminiscent of events that took place during the "Silk Road" saga.
Criminals Are Selling Covid-19 Infected Blood on the Darknet
A vendor claims to have listed his father’s coronavirus-infected blood on the darknet
CoinJoin’s First Steps: How Dark Wallet Paved the Way for a More Private Bitcoin
CoinJoin. Trustless mixing. Anonymity. Bitcoin Magazine’s September 2013 cover — all black with hints of golden fingerprints — needed only...
Beanie Babies and Black Markets: Where Mainstream Media Gets Bitcoin Wrong
Bitcoin has a media problem. Or, perhaps, the media has a Bitcoin problem. Mainstream media has often framed Bitcoin with...
Later Today: $40 Million Worth Of Bitcoin To Be Sold On Auction By The US Government
More than 4,000 BTC will be auctioned today by the United States Marshals Service (USMS). The procedure will happen with...
Bitcoin100: How Some Early Bitcoiners Spread Bitcoin Adoption With Charity
On November 22, 2011, a post appeared on bitcointalk.org with the following proposition: What followed was a five-year experiment in...
