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A screenshot of  the Silk Road website, allegedly an underground online drug market, after it was closed by U.S. authorities November 6, 2014.

Will the real Dread Pirate Roberts please stand up?

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The Silk Road trial is now underway in New York. The alleged mastermind of the clandestine website is is trying to fend off charges of online crime and amassing an illegal fortune in bitcoins.

Behind the bar at Room 77 a sign announces that clients can pay for their beers in Bitcoin.

If you wanna buy a beer in Berlin, bring your bitcoins

Congress Investigates The Digital Currency Bitcoin

What are Bitcoins? And Are They a Threat to the Monetary System?

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