Someone has withdrawn ~$1 billion from a bitcoin wallet dormant since 2015 (Wallet likely tied to the dark web silkroad)

nihilence · Nov 4, 2020

Withdraw mean cash out? I thought that took awhile, especially that amount.

jelly · Nov 4, 2020

Isn't it likely you would get found out if you did try to spend it, small amounts whatever but anything large, it's going to appear on a receipt somewhere.

Pancracio17 · Nov 4, 2020

Just in time for the election, what a coincidence.

DreamRunner · Nov 4, 2020

Damn, bro, send me $1 mil and I'll be good for the rest of my life :)

Saucycarpdog · Nov 4, 2020

DGP has a problem and we did nothing but fuel it.

Parch · Nov 4, 2020

The tax man wants to know. For most places bitcoin is subject to a capital gains tax. Since this account has been dormant since 2015 when bitcoin was cheap, he now owes a crapload of capital gains tax.

siteseer · Nov 4, 2020

the most cyberpunk thing to happen in 2020. sorry cyberpunk 2077.

Lakeside · Nov 4, 2020

nihilence said:
Withdraw mean cash out? I thought that took awhile, especially that amount.

I'd like that in $20's.

Nostremitus · Nov 4, 2020

Dest said:
sorry that was me

You're a human trafficker?

B4mv · Nov 4, 2020

Fat4all said:
you ever see this documentary?

This will now be my new bible

Dest · Nov 4, 2020

Nostremitus said:
You're a human trafficker?

no i just bought a lot of people dominos pizza

Chopchop · Nov 4, 2020

I bet everyone's going to have their eye on any activity from whichever wallet now holds that money.

Bunzy said:
That sounds like my worst nightmare, could you imagine realizing you had millions of dollars that you tossed away

I think there was a story on reddit of someone who lost a sibling to suicide because the sibling did exactly that. Threw away what later became several million in bitcoin.

gnexus · Nov 5, 2020

Lol, not surprised. I spent about a grand buying weed off Silk Road circa 2011-2012. Makes me sick thinking how rich I could be now.

skeptem · Nov 5, 2020

Bunzy said:
That sounds like my worst nightmare, could you imagine realizing you had millions of dollars that you tossed away

Ether_Snake · Nov 5, 2020

skeptem said:

He paid $286,900 for a pizza.

Nooblet · Nov 5, 2020

Seems it was seized

Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government

The US Department of Justice confirms it has seized about 70,000 bitcoins.

www.bbc.co.uk

Parch said:
The tax man wants to know. For most places bitcoin is subject to a capital gains tax. Since this account has been dormant since 2015 when bitcoin was cheap, he now owes a crapload of capital gains tax.

If it was in UK it'd basically be a flat 20%. So ~200 million

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Someone has withdrawn ~$1 billion from a bitcoin wallet dormant since 2015 (Wallet likely tied to the dark web silkroad)

nihilence

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Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government

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