Quote from: BurtW on January 06, 2014, 12:04:15 AM

Quote from: mgburks77 on January 05, 2014, 10:03:27 PM

Quote from: Krellan on January 05, 2014, 06:41:46 AM

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.

^^This

Read the thread. The FBI has already said they are going to sell them.

"Err... this is a bit new for us... we'll probably sell them" is an offhand comment made to a hack before the Senate hearing, latest run up, etc. No-one knows yet what will happen to those coins.