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As someone who has been on the receiving end of federal seizure orders for cryptocurrency private keys, they were in my case satisfied by publishing a transfer (signature) to a USG address, not actual disclosure of private key material, despite that being explicitly stated in the order.


This indicates a level of US Fed LEO technical sophistication I’m somewhat pleased to hear exists.


I have heard that they have been developing an in-house technical capability and department for this since at least the time period of the Ulbrich arrest and the "first" Silk Road.


Either that or they just approached it like a bank account and simply wanted the money and didn’t care about the cryptographic specifics whatsoever.


More likely their work with an outside consultant/firm.


What's a USG address?


USG =US Govt.




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