Bitcoin and DC
[{"sender": "Steven Sinofsky", "recipients": ["Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]"], "timestamp": "11/22/2013 3:48:56 PM", "subject": "Bitcoin and DC", "body": "http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/21/heres-how-bitcoin-charmed-washington\n\nI'm up 50% on my BTC investment!\n\nHere's how Bitcoin charmed Washington\n\nBY TIMOTHY B. LEE\n\naa areca\n\nThe Bitcoin Foundation's Patrick Murck testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. (U.S.\nSenate)\n\nThe pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the\nBitcoin community. After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when\n\nGawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace that allowed users to purchase a wide\nvariety of illegal drugs with Bitcoin. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced the site and suggested\n\nthat Bitcoin was \"an online form of money laundering.\" A few months ago, it would have been easy to"}]