Silk Road Operator Ross Ulbricht Seeks New Trial in Appeal
The defense for Ross Ulbricht, the convicted operator of the now-defunct dark market Silk Road, is pushing for a new trial.
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Jan 13, 2016 at 6:25 a.m. UTC
Jan 13, 2016
Dread Pirate Roberts
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$18 Million Worth of Silk Road Bitcoin to be Sold By US Government
The US government is to auction off roughly 30,000 bitcoins appropriated from the Silk Road online black market.
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Jun 12, 2014 at 9:26 p.m. UTC
Jun 12, 2014
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Pirate Treasure Resurfaces at Bitcoin's First Academic Workshop
The first academic workshop to feature peer-reviewed research on bitcoin included a hunt for Dread Pirate Roberts’ lost coins.
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Mar 11, 2014 at 7:27 p.m. UTC
Mar 11, 2014
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Why reports of bitcoin's death are greatly exaggerated
The bitcoin world has been in a whirlwind the past few days. How was the bitcoin price impacted?
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Oct 4, 2013 at 2:21 p.m. UTC
Oct 4, 2013