U.S. Marshal auctioning off 29,656.51306529 bitcoins

[CryptoCurrencyInc.com]

U.S. Marshal auctioning off 29,656.51306529 bitcoins



source:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/13/boom-goes-the-bitcoin/

[str4wm4n]

theres a few threads about this already, thanks though

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

U.S. Marshal auctioning off 29,656.51306529 bitcoins



source:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/13/boom-goes-the-bitcoin/

Whoever wins any of the 3k blocks will likely tumble their coins many times over.

[TimS]

Whoever wins any of the 3k blocks will likely tumble their coins many times over.

I'm not so sure I would. As it is, they're a bit famous, and completely pre-laundered (for some definition of "clean").

[solid12345]

Whoever wins the coins is going to be a major venture capitalist with absolutely no interest in dumping or laundering money. How many neckbeards have 200 grand lying around just to even register to bid?

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

Whoever wins any of the 3k blocks will likely tumble their coins many times over.

I'm not so sure I would. As it is, they're a bit famous, and completely pre-laundered (for some definition of "clean").

But your identity would be associated with those specific coins. I believe that the US marshals need to disclose the name of the person who buys property at auction.

[TheTruth4]

Normally this would sound like bad news, but in this case its actually good news because this is bringing more publicity to bitcoin, and any publicity is good publicity. Even bad publicity.

[Harley997]

Normally this would sound like bad news, but in this case its actually good news because this is bringing more publicity to bitcoin, and any publicity is good publicity. Even bad publicity.

Bad publicity is generally not good for something like Bitcoin.

I would not say that this would be bad publicity. It is not any different then the publicity that real estate would get from an announcement that a house is being sold by the US Marshals, only that most people know what real estate is, most people don't know what bitcoin is.

[QuestionAuthority]

How many threads are necessary for this announcement?

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

Normally this would sound like bad news, but in this case its actually good news because this is bringing more publicity to bitcoin, and any publicity is good publicity. Even bad publicity.

This would be good news as it brings more public awareness about Bitcoin

[illymoka]

Makes me wonder if the US marshals secretly auction off illegal drugs.