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Event March 6, 2025 Added July 28, 2026 Updated October 13, 2026 Article

Executive Order 14233 creates the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve out of a decade of forfeitures

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Donald Trump, Ross Ulbricht, Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan, Chen Zhi

On March 6, 2025, Executive Order 14233 turned a decade of forfeited Bitcoin, from Silk Road to the Bitfinex hack, into a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve; the Prince Group case followed in October.

Event December 30, 1996 Added October 3, 2026 Updated October 3, 2026 Article

When code was a munition — PGP, a floppy disk and a hash function against U.S. export rules (1991–2000)

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Phil Zimmermann, Phil Karn, Daniel J. Bernstein, Adam Back, Don Henson

Until December 30, 1996, U.S. rules listed encryption software with weapons. Zimmermann was investigated, Karn sued over a floppy disk, Bernstein won in court, and Back put RSA on a T-shirt.