USMS December 2014 auction

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An auction that occurred in December 2014, hosted by the United States Marshals Service.[1] 27 bids have been submitted for shares of the 50,000 bitcoins.

Block Value Winner Winning bid Per bitcoin
A1 2,000 BTC Tim Draper[2][3] Undisclosed
A2 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A3 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A4 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A5 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A6 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A7 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A8 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A9 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
A10 2,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B1 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B2 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B3 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B4 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B5 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B6 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B7 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B8 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B9 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed
B10 3,000 BTC Unknown Undisclosed

Payment

Prior to the auction, the FBI transferred 144,341.52494935 BTC to the US Marshals in one output of 100,000 BTC[4] and the rest in another output.[5] The reason for including two separate outputs rather than just one is not apparent. After the auction, the coins from output A were broken into nine outputs of approximately 5,000 BTC each, an output of 3,000 BTC, and an output of 52,000 BTC.[6] The coins from the smaller output B currently reside in an output for the address 1CaGxqCQv2ofqLf37HCUQoLujzRMaz74LK,[7] likely reserved for a future auction. The journey made by the coins from the original address to their current destinations have left a mysterious trail of 0.05 BTC outputs.

The 5,000 BTC outputs were all recombined into 10,000 BTC outputs. Additionally, the 52,000 BTC had 2,000 BTC removed, possibly for one of the auction blocks (as this would make the remaining 50,000 BTC exactly half of the original 100,000).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/2014/dpr-bitcoins/
  2. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-05/tim-draper-wins-part-of-second-silk-road-bitcoin-auction
  3. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-05/tim-draper-wins-part-of-second-silk-road-bitcoin-auction.html
  4. ↑ Transaction 796684ce2c46c73eec4e67a4bd530603c2e0529855080187cde241a6b06c2a5b - 100,000 BTC from FBI to US Marshals.
  5. ↑ Transaction 50bd7b27e3f55ceb68738acfd91352e3706556d9e111ea40818bfb2b431dc45b - 44,341.52494935 BTC from FBI to US Marshals.
  6. ↑ Transaction e696b24eb87e58c546156ead075055c3c27a8a6b2637f19941d58cb7349eb88d.
  7. ↑ Transaction 3ecfb236f63750f188a8a738bd3f9027aa9d4b9f0b3292f69a91bcee6e843b1a - Destination of USMS output B coins.
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