{"id":12563,"date":"2020-12-04T17:38:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=12563"},"modified":"2020-12-04T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:38:07","slug":"fbi-file-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/fbi-file-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI File: Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin (\u20bf) is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto and started in 2009\u00a0 when its implementation was released as open-source software.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Vault went after FBI files on Bitcoin, and in November of 2020, the FBI released what they had. 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