News was released earlier this week of a ‘massive bitcoin seizure’ the corporate owned media always has a way of spinning the state as a victor or a hero. Maybe, just maybe the govt is no different than any individual and by use authority enforced through violence they stole this BTC. Fellow bitcoiner @fractalEncrypto put together an amazing thread on twitter we present below:
Here’s the thread:
The US Government stole $3.6 Billion in #Bitcoin from Bitcointalk user Loaded, who stole it from Silk Road in 2012.
My man held 50k BTC through EVERY bear market, in Aug 2017 maxi dumps ALL his forked bcash for bitcoin, & HODLs that too! Let's dig into exactly what happened...
As well here is the link to the Governments version:
U.S. Attorney announces historic $3.36 billion cryptocurrency seizure and conviction in connection with Silk Road dark web fraud
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/u…
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