Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, and law enforcement seizures involving Bitcoin (2011–2014)

1. Silk Road launches as Bitcoin-based darknet market

   Feb 1, 2011Labels: Silk Road, Tor, Bitcoin

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

2. Gawker exposé brings Silk Road wider attention

   Jun 1, 2011Labels: Gawker, Silk Road

   • Adrian Chen
   • Britannica

3. Senators publicly urge federal shutdown of Silk Road

   Jun 6, 2011Labels: U S, Silk Road

   • Adrian Chen

4. DEA reports early Bitcoin seizure tied to Silk Road user

   Jun 27, 2013Labels: DEA, Bitcoin

   • TechCrunch

5. Ross Ulbricht arrested and laptop seized in San Francisco

   Oct 1, 2013Labels: Ross Ulbricht, FBI

   • Guardian
   • Wired

6. Silk Road shut down and about 26,000 BTC seized

   Oct 2, 2013Labels: Silk Road, Prosecutors

   • Guardian

7. FBI’s seized Bitcoin wallet becomes publicly trackable

   Oct 7, 2013Labels: FBI wallet, Blockchain

   • Guardian
   • Wired

8. Federal prosecutors announce seizure of 144,336 BTC

   Oct 25, 2013Labels: Federal prosecutors, Bitcoin

   • CNN
   • CNBC

9. New “continuing criminal enterprise” charge filed against Ulbricht

   Feb 4, 2014Labels: Ulbricht, Continuing criminal

   • ABC News

10. U.S. Marshals announce auction of 29,656.5 seized BTC

    Jun 12, 2014Labels: U S, Bitcoin

    • Ars
    • Wired

11. U.S. Marshals conduct first Silk Road Bitcoin auction

    Jun 27, 2014Labels: U S, Bitcoin auction

    • CoinDesk
    • Wired

12. Tim Draper revealed as winner of all auctioned BTC

    Jul 2, 2014Labels: Tim Draper, U S

    • CoinDesk
    • Wired