“The currency used on the site is called Bitcoin — a digital currency that makes it nearly impossible for authorities to follow the money trail. One Bitcoin currently converts to just over C$11.  Christin suggested in his study that destabilizing the digital currency may be one of the only ways to take down the website.  ‘It’s the only currency that is used there and it’s already fairly volatile,’ he said. ‘This is the type of thing that could potentially be an impediment to transactions taking place on the Silk Road.'”  [Sorry, boys, but such coup d’état & financial manipulation tactics are so 20th Century…]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/national/Canadians+among+buyers+sellers+Silk+Road+eBay+illegal+drugs/7095668/story.html

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