US Seizes 15B BTC, Indicts Chairman: Forced Labor Scam Compounds, Crypto Fraud justice.gov 17 points by eevilspock 3 hours ago
skilled 2 hours ago Previous discussion from a few days ago:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580981
edm0nd 2 hours ago There can only even be 21M BTC ever. Title is derp'd simmerup 2 hours ago Until they change the alogrithm anyway adastra22 an hour ago There is no “they” able to change the algorithm. sjsdaiuasgdia an hour ago A consensus of miners is still a "they". adastra22 34 minutes ago Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
simmerup 2 hours ago Until they change the alogrithm anyway adastra22 an hour ago There is no “they” able to change the algorithm. sjsdaiuasgdia an hour ago A consensus of miners is still a "they". adastra22 34 minutes ago Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
adastra22 an hour ago There is no “they” able to change the algorithm. sjsdaiuasgdia an hour ago A consensus of miners is still a "they". adastra22 34 minutes ago Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
sjsdaiuasgdia an hour ago A consensus of miners is still a "they". adastra22 34 minutes ago Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
adastra22 34 minutes ago Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
15 billion USD worth of bitcoin, not 15 billion bitcoins.
Previous discussion from a few days ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580981
“15B in BTC” — please fix the title
There can only even be 21M BTC ever. Title is derp'd
Until they change the alogrithm anyway
There is no “they” able to change the algorithm.
A consensus of miners is still a "they".
Even a unanimous agreement of all miners would be unable to change consensus rules. These rules are not set by miners.
In the media: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/us-uk-announce-sweeping-sanc...