The Fifth Amendment and Bitcoin: Why the Battle is About to Begin
The fight over digital privacy and security waged between governments and their citizens and companies is getting more contentious and serious. A recent development indirectly raises the significant issue of whether the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protects people from being forced to disclose their bitcoin private keys to law enforcement. On 16th February, at the request of US federal prosecutors, a federal court issued an order requiring Apple to unlock an iPhone tied to the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. The prosecutors sought this order so that law....
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