The German state of Saxony has moved the bitcoin it seized from the alleged operator of long-defunct pirate site Movie2k.
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How on earth did pirates make 3 billion dollars?

Oh I see, Bitcoin from 2010… More like piracy was the seed investment and then the crypto went to the moon

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How on earth did pirates make 3 billion dollars?

They didn’t - majority of that gain isn’t from pirating but from bitcoin price appreciation.

This is really shit authoritarian action from the german government - price appreciation isn’t an illegal source of funds

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