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Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency
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June 8, 2011
ST. LOUIS (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - Two senators are pressing federal authorities to crack down on an online black market and "untraceable" digital currency known as Bitcoins after reports that they are used to buy illegal drugs anonymously.
Democratic Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder and Drug Enforcement Administration head Michele Leonhart in a letter that expressed concerns about the underground website "Silk Road" and the use of Bitcoins to make purchases there.
The letter prompted a discussion among Bitcoin enthusiasts about whether the government was capable of closing related bank accounts and thereby stifling the currency.
The senators released a copy of their letter on Monday. It cites recent media reports that some tech-savvy individuals were using an "anonymizing network" known as Tor to gain clandestine access to Silk Road and buy illegal drugs.
Silk Road buyers pay with Bitcoins and sellers mail the drugs, the Gawker blog reported. The transactions leave no traditional money trail for investigators to follow, and leave it hard to prove a package recipient knew in advance what was in a shipment.
"The only method of payment for these illegal purchases is an untraceable peer-to-peer currency known as Bitcoins. After purchasing Bitcoins through an exchange, a user can create an account on Silk Road and start purchasing illegal drugs from individuals around the world and have them delivered to their homes within days," the senators' letter states. "We urge you to take immediate action and shut down the Silk Road network."
The DEA is "absolutely" concerned about Bitcoins and other anonymous digital currencies, agency spokeswoman Dawn Dearden said when asked for a response to the senators' concerns.
"The DEA is constantly evaluating and analyzing new technologies and schemes perpetrated by drug trafficking networks. While we won't confirm or deny the existence of specific investigations, DEA is well aware of these emerging threats and we will act accordingly," she said.
Silk Road may be hard to close. It could easily move from server to server around the globe and change its Web address and name at will, while remaining accessible through Tor.
However, Bitcoins must be purchased with real money; of late, they have been selling for roughly $10 each.
Therefore, there are exchanges with bank accounts, such as the Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange, that the Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies may be able to target. It is this weak link that worries the currency's enthusiasts.
A discussion thread this week on the primary Bitcoin forum was titled "Will Mt. Gox US Bank accounts eventually get frozen?" Some speculated that if the government bans transactions involving Bitcoin exchanges, a layer of shell companies might allow them to continue.
One user described this process as simply "growing pains" and asserted that the government "can't stop a peer-to-peer service."
U.S. law enforcers might have difficulty stopping Bitcoins without help from their peers in other countries.
While little information about Bitcoin exchanges is publicly available, an item posted on a website called Bitcoin Watch states that Mt. Gox's bank account is in Japan, and anecdotal evidence suggests many other exchanges operate outside of the US.
Mt. Gox's website does not list a phone number, representatives could not be reached via email
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-financial-bitcoitre7573t3-20110608,0,6328122.story
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: Ogla]
#14579599 - 06/08/11 12:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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"But if you buy guns from us with paper money, we cool wid dat, mayne."
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: Ogla]
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$10? maybe a couple weeks ago the current exchange rate is a hair about $29. https://mtgox.com/ thank you sensationalist media...and godspeed to all the miners out there.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
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Omg has shot up that much..... That Way fucking crazy- And besides Senators you can take more "contributions" Bribes what ever you wana call them through bitcoin- Aw remember when it was just .17 cents
The price doubled in 48 hours-
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: Ogla]
#14580119 - 06/08/11 02:34 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Didn't one of the Bitcoin founders just contact the writer of the Gawker article pointing out that Bitcoins are NOT anonymous and untraceable?
Typical politicians, uninformed and reactive.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: Heffy]
#14580147 - 06/08/11 02:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/
The recent rise in value is huge.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: lfdi]
#14580179 - 06/08/11 02:46 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love this Real money goes in, fake money comes out. The goverment can't tell you what to do with fake money because they can not control it! and then when you sell your product for fake money you go back and get your real money by selling your points online. I love it
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the goverment has no authority over money
actually they arent even supposed to print money
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
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piracetam said: $10? maybe a couple weeks ago the current exchange rate is a hair about $29. https://mtgox.com/ thank you sensationalist media...and godspeed to all the miners out there.
It was 12 dollars LAST WEEK.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: MisterMuscaria]
#14580722 - 06/08/11 04:38 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Long live TOR and the Silk Road Market!
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: MisterMuscaria]
#14580746 - 06/08/11 04:42 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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If I ever run in to either of these two senators on the street, I'm going to cock-slap the fuck out of them, annoying little shits
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: p_walter]
#14580751 - 06/08/11 04:44 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love how they act like buying drugs and illegal things is the only thing you can do.
They're idiots, they want to rile up the moms like usual. Silkroad isn't the only place that sells drugs btw mr. seneators.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: saxx]
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This is Adrian Chen's fault for posting the article about the Silk Road on Gawker. Has anyone else noticed that the law enforcement has never mentioned ANYTHING about the Silk Road or Bitcoins until that article was posted?
Mr. Chen is fully responsible for informing government agencies about this. I think this calls for war on Gawker.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: eqt146]
#14581123 - 06/08/11 06:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, that's what we need, more attention from Gawker.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: eqt146]
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eqt146 said: This is Adrian Chen's fault for posting the article about the Silk Road on Gawker. Has anyone else noticed that the law enforcement has never mentioned ANYTHING about the Silk Road or Bitcoins until that article was posted?
Mr. Chen is fully responsible for informing government agencies about this. I think this calls for war on Gawker.
For the love of god don't assume the government is dumb. Misguided, sure. Dumb NO.
The DEA CIA and FBI has known about bitcoin and anonymous drug buying since it's conception.
Only now are we seeing political action.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: saxx]
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eqt146 said: This is Adrian Chen's fault for posting the article about the Silk Road on Gawker. Has anyone else noticed that the law enforcement has never mentioned ANYTHING about the Silk Road or Bitcoins until that article was posted?
Mr. Chen is fully responsible for informing government agencies about this. I think this calls for war on Gawker.
For the love of god don't assume the government is dumb. Misguided, sure. Dumb NO.
The DEA CIA and FBI has known about bitcoin and anonymous drug buying since it's conception.
Only now are we seeing political action.
Right, but the political action was incited by the Gawker article. Don't tell me it wasn't. I had never seen any news articles or heard of any government officials making public announcements about this issue before. Then as soon as the Gawker article came out, everybody started talking about it.
It still absolutely blows my mind that Mr. Chen posted that article. He should have inferred that the owners and users of the website WANTED it to be a secret. If they wanted people to know about it, they wouldn't have put it on a hidden network.
The Silk Road is gone now. The owners recently decided to shut it down because they were worried about the government crackdown, or just worried about getting too much attention. There are plenty of other similar websites that are more secretive and have better prices, but how long will it be until the government decides to crack down on them too?
The internet drug trade is likely the main reason that LSD exists throughout the USA and the world. Because there are so few manufacturers, one would expect there to be an uneven distribution of LSD availability, concentrated near the location of manufacturers and virtually nonexistant everywhere else. Websites like the Silk Road and others allow LSD to be easily transported around the globe. If this system is shut down, we can expect LSD to become 100% inaccessible to the vast majority of the population.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: eqt146]
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It still absolutely blows my mind that Mr. Chen posted that article. He should have inferred that the owners and users of the website WANTED it to be a secret.

Are you stoned? Or just stupid?
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It still absolutely blows my mind that Mr. Chen posted that article. He should have inferred that the owners and users of the website WANTED it to be a secret.

Are you stoned? Or just stupid?
The reason people put their websites on hidden networks is because, well, hmm... let's think about this. Oh, I guess it's because they want the whole world to know about their website, and want everyone to be publishing news articles about it that everyone, including the government, can read, right?
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: eqt146]
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It still absolutely blows my mind that Mr. Chen posted that article. He should have inferred that the owners and users of the website WANTED it to be a secret.

Are you stoned? Or just stupid?
The reason people put their websites on hidden networks is because, well, hmm... let's think about this. Oh, I guess it's because they want the whole world to know about their website, and want everyone to be publishing news articles about it that everyone, including the government, can read, right?
I believe it's because they don't want your average retard finding it. But close enough.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: saxx]
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It still absolutely blows my mind that Mr. Chen posted that article. He should have inferred that the owners and users of the website WANTED it to be a secret.

Are you stoned? Or just stupid?
The reason people put their websites on hidden networks is because, well, hmm... let's think about this. Oh, I guess it's because they want the whole world to know about their website, and want everyone to be publishing news articles about it that everyone, including the government, can read, right?
I believe it's because they don't want your average retard finding it. But close enough.
That's exactly my point. And now that the Gawker article was posted, your average retard can and will find it (it doesn't take a genius to download Tor, do a quick Google search and come with a tutorial on how to use it and connect to .onion directories)
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: Konyap]
#14581292 - 06/08/11 06:50 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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aiyobro said: the goverment has no authority over money
actually they arent even supposed to print money
its unconstitutional:yes:
I think you mean that the government (congress) IS supposed to issue money, and that a private bank (I.e. Federal reserve) is NOT. Don't get the 2 confused as the same.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: eqt146]
#14581334 - 06/08/11 07:00 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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So it's "stupid" then, is it?
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#14582074 - 06/08/11 09:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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YESSSSSSSS! I have like 263 bitcoins I bought for 4 bucks a bitcoin. Keep rising and I will be loaded.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: KillerSpores]
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Haha yeah I was just thinking about lucky bastardsbought them at 8something a coin now its 29 lol goodinvestment.
So anyone can put their shit up for sale on there???? This sounds pretty cool. Esp for moving largeammounts domestically deff great for the person selling! Don't have to worry about buy/busts lol
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: shopdropper]
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shopdropper said: Haha yeah I was just thinking about lucky bastardsbought them at 8something a coin now its 29 lol goodinvestment.
So anyone can put their shit up for sale on there???? This sounds pretty cool. Esp for moving largeammounts domestically deff great for the person selling! Don't have to worry about buy/busts lol
Well anyone with a good rating. There are still alot of scammers out there. But yeah it is much safer and way better quality then what you would find on the street.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: KillerSpores]
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KillerSpores said: YESSSSSSSS! I have like 263 bitcoins I bought for 4 bucks a bitcoin. Keep rising and I will be loaded.
The smart thing to do would be to sell it all now. You're already loaded.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: MisterMuscaria]
#14582936 - 06/09/11 12:26 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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KillerSpores said: YESSSSSSSS! I have like 263 bitcoins I bought for 4 bucks a bitcoin. Keep rising and I will be loaded.
The smart thing to do would be to sell it all now. You're already loaded.
Yeah I just talked to a guy who said he would take 200 off my hands.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: KillerSpores]
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Hmmmm, TOR/Silk Road/Bitcoin obviously wasn't redundant and sophisticated enough. It didn't even take 1 known bust to shut down Silk Road and seriously cause swings in the bitcoin value. This all heavily depended upon the secrecy of the masses (which any good black market seller/buyer knows is impossible to begin with.)
While I don't have any fresh ideas to offer (nor would I offer them here (unless you're a developer)) I would bet with almost certainty that as a result of this fiasco, the gov't will be forced to spend metric TONS of dollars in the prevention, detection and overall control of these types of networks. This can be seen as a sort of chess maneuver where the black side just forced the white side to sacrifice a few pawns. The gov't is weak right now and it may be likely they will do something really dumb to protect their fiefdom.
If this story comes to anything besides a bunch of people whining, then I urge someone to mention this to lulzsec on twitter.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: PassiveAgressive]
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gov'ts can't even stop p2p file sharing. what makes people think they can stop bitcoins? if bitcoin is like friendster of p2p currency, there's bound to be a facebook soon.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
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piracetam said: are you fucking kidding? gov't can't even stop p2p file sharing. what makes you think they can stop bitcoins?
Thats the amazing part about it. All of my vendors are switching to bitcoins because it is so much safer than WU or CIM.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: KillerSpores]
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I don't even care that they're somewhat traceable. they're untaxable, and banks can't collect interest on them. this is probably why Germany is trying to ban them...they pose a threat to Deutsche Bank.
fuck 'em. this is the thick of the information age. adapt, or go back to being a hunter/gatherer.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
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They are no different than gold, silver or whatever, remember its "really not a real currency" B/c some one still has to cash it out in your native currency- And people are selling it for "real fiat" currency- And if there is only 21million coins total to be made- and so far less than 100,000 bitcoins have been made you do the math- If i controlled over 50 pct of the coins you could set price, Or sell stuff and just hoard the coins. some guy turned lets say 100,000 bit coins into 2.8 million with the current exchange rate- Yo Ponzi got a new scheme- Its kinda like WoW gold people used to sell that shit for real currency v Or how people trade prints for stuff.Any thing has value-
Hell, you could make a shroomery currency, if you wanted- especially since there are so many people and Vendors. Could work wonders for the market place-
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piracetam said: I don't even care that they're somewhat traceable. they're untaxable, and banks can't collect interest on them. this is probably why Germany is trying to ban them...they pose a threat to Deutsche Bank.
fuck 'em. this is the thick of the information age. adapt, or go back to being a hunter/gatherer.
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Can the contemporary government extend to control both reality and virtual reality, or will contemporary government extend for a net gain of FAIL? The way they have ignored the populace of late will seemingly lead those who would otherwise be recruited for cyber-jobs under gov't into the hands of the very opposition they would brace against.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: PassiveAgressive]
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and to think, they created the blueprint and groundwork for teh internets in the form of ARPAnet.. it grew beyond their control....it no longer belongs to them.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
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No, it most certainly does not "belong" to anyone now.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: PassiveAgressive]
#14588117 - 06/09/11 10:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have a theory that might be stupid I dunno, but here it is:
What if Adrian Chen posted the article not because he's an idiot, but because he knew by writing this article he would draw attention to the bitcoins and drive the price way up?
Perhaps it's giving him too much credit, but perhaps not.
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: piracetam]
#14588583 - 06/10/11 12:42 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm just afraid this will b the reason they put on a more aggressive ISP policing effort
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Re: Senators seek crackdown on "Bitcoin" currency [Re: grimR]
#14590148 - 06/10/11 11:42 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
grimR said: I'm just afraid this will b the reason they put on a more aggressive ISP policing effort
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14584630
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