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Re: Thoughts on FBI dumping Silkroad BTC
by
Krellan
on 05/01/2014, 06:41:46 UTC
I think the FBI will keep it, especially if the trial leads to a conviction ("drug money" and other seized assets are kept by the government upon conviction, providing a nice revenue stream that many say leads to overzealous enforcement of drug laws when the local police agency is feeling a little poor).

It could provide the USA with a storehouse of Bitcoin, in much the same way as Fort Knox provides a storehouse of physical gold.  If Bitcoin takes off in the future and becomes more widely accepted, this could prove quite useful to the government as an asset.