Quote from: Bizmark13 on March 21, 2015, 08:48:14 AM

OK, but those coins don't actually belong to the Government though. They belong to the users of Silk Road. If I bought some drugs and gave the dealer $5 and was caught, that $5 note as well as the wallet in my pocket that contains a few more dollar bills, some credit cards, my drivers license, etc. is still mine, is it not?

No. It's the dealers money but seeing as he was caught with it it would likely be confiscated as profits of crime. The police obviously don't let criminals keep the money they make from illegal activities.

Quote from: Natalia_AnatolioPAMM on March 21, 2015, 08:49:30 AM

thanks god they didn't close bitcoin generally. in russia they wanna do it and drugs are the main reason

How would they close it 'generally'? And even if they did they would never be able to stop its use on the deep/darkweb. Banning bitcoin would just push it underground.

Quote from: pitham1 on March 21, 2015, 08:58:54 AM

Quote from: calme on March 21, 2015, 08:57:26 AM

Perhaps they should consider running a decentralized Silk Road with taxpayer money in order to keep bullets from flying around in the streets.

Legalizing drugs would be an easier solution.

It would be, but the powers that be don't see it that way for several reasons. There's money to be made by keeping the war on drugs running, though any intelligent person knows you could end the war overnight by legalizing drugs. The cartels would have no power at all then.