Ross Ulbricht Is FREE, But What Happens To His 170,000 Bitcoin? (youtube.com)
Worth $18b, which should be given back to him if he has been pardoned. However, some pointed out that he may only have ownership of 5% or something, since the 170k Bitcoins were property of SilkRoad.
What is the legal obligation for a pardon in returning these coins? Since a pardon doesn't remove legal ‘guilt’. It might result in a big trial of law. Maybe they will try to pay back only the value from 12 years ago, which would have been like $3m.
‘Maybe we’ll get a Silk Road 2.0, but with a token. jk.'
Some of the agents involved in the arrest and prosecution were found to have been lying to steal some Bitcoin, she said.