Intressant från Forbes:
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In the criminal complaint against Ulbricht, the FBI said that the Silk Road had total sales of over 9.5 million Bitcoins, collecting a revenue of 600,000 of the digital coin. (Given the current price — $140/Bitcoin — that’s $1.2 billion in sales and $80 million in commissions.)
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The FBI initially seized over 26,000 Bitcoins. I asked the FBI spokesperson what the plan is for those cryptocoins. “We will download the Bitcoin and store them,” she said. “We will hold them until the judicial process is over.”
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The spokesperson says the approximately 26,000 Bitcoins seized are just the ones that were held in Silk Road accounts. In other words, it’s Silk Road users’ Bitcoin. The FBI has not been able to get to Ulbricht’s personal Bitcoin yet. “That’s like another $80 million worth,” she said, explaining that it was held separately and is encrypted. If that is indeed what he’s holding, that’s close to 600,000 Bitcoin all together or about 5% of all Bitcoin currently in
Nu tror jag inte att Ross har 600.000 BTC (och siffran 80.000.000 USD verkar vara konverterad direkt från denna mängd bitcoins så det stämmer inte heller). Man måste tänka på att växelkursen har varit nere på ca 2USD/BTC under längre tider av Silk Roads livstid. Detta innebär att både inkomsterna och utgifterna kommer vara betydligt högre om man räknar dem i bitcoins. Något som nu kostar 10-tals BTC skulle då kosta tusentals BTC. Så Ross lär ha gjort av med en hel del av sina 600.000 BTC han har haft i inkomst.
Ändå så finner jag det inte osannolikt att han har åtminstone några 100.000 BTC kvar, helt oåtkomligt från FBI.