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I subscribe to the multiverse theory.

So, drifting in an endless sea of cosmic baubles beyond the borders of our universe, is a world where Ross Ulbricht has more bitcoin than any other person on Earth.

Unfortunately, the following happened in our shared reality.

It was around this time in 2014 that the US government, through the Marshals Service, was preparing its first ever bitcoin auction: almost 30,000 BTC seized from the Silk Road master wallet.

The coins would’ve technically been worth around $18 million back then, the equivalent of nearly 20% of the average daily BTC trading…

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