block#265,886
Mined
10/25/2013, 3:14:52 AM
Reward
25 BTC
Fees
0.25 BTC
Difficulty
267,731,249.48
Block hash
000000000000000dba14c89a52c0a1973dd2495feee05ab44c3255b24f17ee92
000000000000000dba14…5ab44c3255b24f17ee92
On October 25, 2013, the FBI transferred 144,336 bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht's laptop into a government-controlled wallet. The transfer spanned hundreds of transactions — each moving exactly 324 BTC, spelling FBI on a telephone keypad. The public ledger made the largest law-enforcement Bitcoin seizure impossible to hide.
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