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The Silk Road theft forfeiture address
bc1qmxjefnuy06v345v6vhwpwt05dztztmx4g3y7wpOn 25 March 2022 this address received about 49,826 BTC in four transactions. The timing and amounts are consistent with the bitcoin the US Department of Justice seized from James Zhong, who stole it from Silk Road in 2012. The DOJ does not publish the address, so the link is analysts' inference. The coins left in 2023, and only small amounts have arrived since. A separate page covers the 2020 Silk Road seizure.
Balance
₿ 0$0 · last moved 12 Jul 2023
- Txs
- 18
- Utxos
- 0
- Since
- 25 Mar 2022
- Last seen
- 12 Jul 2023
- Type
- Native SegWit Bech32
- Updated
- 22 Oct 2026
Value over time
Label · with receipt
US Department of Justice (Zhong/Silk Road forfeiture) Attributed
Source: US DOJ announcement on James Zhong, 7 November 2022 (IRS-CI copy) · evidence tier medium · an inference from public evidence, not an ownership proof · source checked 20 Oct 2026.
Receipt: sha256:61692bf0bcd8…8 of 9 components checked, 22 Oct 2026
Chain notes
- Address reuse Info
Seen in 18 transactions. Repeated use of one address is publicly linkable. What address reuse means
- Address type Good
Native SegWit (Bech32). Relative fees depend on transaction structure. What the address types mean
- Activity Info
Dormant. No transactions in 3 years. What dormant, quiet and pending mean
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