January 13th of 2015 has every right to bear the name of ‘black Tuesday’ in all history books of Bitcoin industry. That day, Bitcoin price dropped to $218, and comprised $166.45 the very next day. Russian Bitcoin community, however, suffered more than just Bitcoin price falling. Notorious Roskomnadzor blocked access to several Bitcoin sites within Russia under the Nevyansk court decision.
The blocking covered such portals as bits.media, bitcoinconf.ru, and coinspot.ru. International Bitcoin sites also suffered the blockage: those were bitcoin.org and Bitcoin wikipedia bitcoin.it.
NEVYANSK: FROM PETER THE GREAT TO BITCOIN BLOCKINGInterestinly enough, the Nevyansk court delivered its judgement to block the sites as early as on September 30th, but none of the involved sites’ owners has ever received an invitation to the court session or has ever been notified their projects violate Russian laws. Anyway, it is hardly surprising – just as the fact that the judgement had to be passed in a nowhereville in the very heart of Russia.
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