On: FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleg...

[betterunix]

...how is that different from paper money or gold? Burying your money is a pretty ancient trick...

[damon_c → betterunix]

because burying 80 million dollars would take a few hours and a lot of space...and probably a few big black barrels or something.

burying bitcoin can be done with a flowerpot.

[aianus → betterunix]

It's very difficult to leave the country with $80m in paper bills or bullion. You can hide bitcoin in your head and nobody can tell it's there.