Darknet marketplace wallet with over $400M BTC awakens after 9 years
The wallet went dormant with 5,000 BTC after the marketplace, which facilitated drug and weapons sales, went down in April 2016.
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The wallet went dormant with 5,000 BTC after the marketplace, which facilitated drug and weapons sales, went down in April 2016.
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