U.S. To Auction Seized Bitcoins Worth $18 Million

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Roll up, roll up. Join the bitcoin auction.

What will be interesting is to see how this will affect the value of bitcoins. Will the value drop as lots come to market, or will it only strengthen its value?

This auction is for the bitcoins contained in wallet files that resided on silk road servers,...U.S. To Auction Seized Bitcoins Worth $18 Million [usmarshals.gov]

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I can't remember the last time I hadn't used BCC in an e-mail.

A list of potential bidders for an auction of government-seized bitcoins has been accidentally leaked.

The US Marshals Service inadvertently revealed the email addresses of all interested parties while emailing them about the process.

It apologised for the mistake, which it said "was in no way intentional". US government leaks names of potential Bitcoin buyers [bbc.co.uk]