Re:Tarsnap Support for Bitcoin Ending April First
by njarboe on Sunday January 28, 2018 @12:23PM
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Looks like the US cutting off Wikileaks from the credit card system in late 2010, forcing them to set-up bitcoin very early, and Wikileaks keeping the coin because of fear of bank account seizure, might have netted it $25 million or so[1]. This is really a classic case to point to for the problems(or strengths, if one is in control) of the current banking/fiat system that was part of the claimed reason why Satoshi created Bitcoin.
[1]https://www.thedailybeast.com/where-did-wikileaks-dollar25-m...