Bitcoin Forum

I know they have the bitcoins.

My question is, does the FBI/Govt have access to move them around or are they still locked out since it is encrypted?

I always hear mixed stories on the forums or on reddit that yes it has moved around or no they don't have access.

So what is it?

what was wrong with Silk Road?  why did they have to shut it down?


don't we as a country need *some* kind of a system for drug distribution?

Take a guess why

As for if they have access. I don't know

to spike the price of bitcoin?

We already have one. And that works fine for many people. Not so fine for others. I'm not sure though if necessarily bitcoins are traceable.

It wasn't to spike the price of bitcoins though. It's just the same reason they bust criminals in real life. It's not about profit, but stopping people doing things which are illegal.  

oh so Colorado is the only state that doesn't like to mix weed with a criminal element??

Silk Road was selling much more then just weed...

what difference does it make?  i'm an average American citizen with a right to happiness

You have to abide the law as well.

You're right, you are, still doesn't mean you have the right to break the law that can cause others disparity. Just because you are a citizen doesn't make you above everyone else

says who?  this is the land of Freedom. AMERICA
this is the LAND WHOM I SING SONGS ABOUT!

i'm not hurting no one.  when i choose to use pot instead of drinking bleach??

Well if you live in a country, you have to obey it's laws or you'll suffer repercussions.

Often, short-term satisfaction is detrimental to long-term happiness...

Well, your arguing about weed. I'm not. A case can be made for marijuana sure, but we're talking about other things silk road was doing

people will eventually understand that opiates give them constipation and STOP taking them.  same with methamphetamine and other drugs

and ONLINE SITE KEEPS PEOPLE AWAY FROM *PUSHERS* who CONSTANTLY HARASS THEM TO HANG

Depends on your state laws, weed is slowly becoming more accepted and that's fine by me.

But if you were a responsible adult, you wouldn't need to smoke weed to find satisfaction in life.

Yeah, you can relax while gaming.  :D

lol, that's why man invented beer :D j/k

Anyways. Silk Road got shut down because they were trafficking hitmen, forgery papers, illegal customs goods, every drug known to man, firearms, and a whole shit ton of other incredibly illegal shit.

Candy crush ain't gaming, it's a time waster. Skyrim, CS:GO, CS 1.6, BF4 and so on is.

lol now that's just funny  :D

But anyways, no one says you can't enjoy herb, just buy it the old fashioned way like most people do. Plus the legality of it is slowly becoming diminished as more states Decriminalize it so you shouldn't worry in the first place if you want to smoke bud

Well, I think you should wait until it's decriminalized legal where you buy it or consume it.

definitely.  wait. no not decriminalized.  but perfectly legalized.  getting caught is NOT what i'm worried about.  it's the fact that it's ILLEGAL in the first place.  making me question WHY?  i honestly think superstitiously that everything has a reason.  

Yeah, sorry for my choice of words. I meant legal.

No one has actually answered the OP's original question.  Do the FBI actually have the private keys and the ability to transfer the Bitcoins they have seized?

Also, whoever thinks the FBI weren't going to try and shut down the Silk Road obviously had no idea what they were selling on there.  Pot was definitely not the issue.

BF4 is a bugged shit.

Illegal, I love this word. It basically says that if someone with power decides you can't do something you just can't because you are inferior and have to obey. If you were a slave working on a plantation it was illegal for you to leave without owner's permition, it used to be illegal for women to wear short skirts and so on. Now they say you can't smoke weed, you obey because it's ILLEGAL. What if someone said drinking coffee is illegal, or watching porn?  ;)

They have the private key but they can't legally spend it. If Ross was convicted (or if he already was,  I'm really lazy to google it), it would be sold to the highest bidder on an auction or something like that.

You have to physically participate in the auction and bet fiat, specifically US dollars.

lmao

What are you even talking about. Depends on the country, but America is a Democratic Republic, not a tyranny.

Yeah, but laws get enforced and if you don't obey, you get fined, jailed or otherwise punished. Just in a democratic country you can start a petition and if you gather enough signatures they might change the law.

Not every law is enforced. There's a difference.

They are enforced if you disobey it.

Depends on whatever crime or violation they find you doing. And if they even find you doing it. People get away with things every day

The case of finding out the crime is strongly hinten upon in my posts. Also, they might not catch you, but they may uncover evidence leading to you.

You guys really believe in democracy? There's no real democracy, you're just dancing to their music.

It's worked pretty well so far

Well it's the best we've got. It's currently working so nobody's fixing it.

So that's why marijuana is illegal? Because the people want it to be? I could name countless instances of governments acting against the majority of voters in so called "democratic countries"

You elect them. If you want politicians who would agree to legalize marijuana, elect those kind of politicians.

You know, It's getting harder to tell if I'm being trolled or if people are legitimately this stupid. 

Great way to end a conversation with style.

 back to topic: Last information I had is that they did not have the keyphrase to unlock the wallet.  But if they do, it is going to be interesting, when and how they are going to liquidate those BTRC (at least not on gox ;)),