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Bitcoin promoter Charlie Shrem walks out of federal court in Lower Manhattan on September 4, 2014. A judge later sentenced Shrem to two years in prison for aiding illegal transactions.

Quoting Spiderman didn’t spare a Bitcoin evangelist from prison

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Uncle Ben told Spiderman that with “great power comes with great responsibility.” But the line didn’t prevent Bitcoin evangelist and exchange operator Charlie Shrem from prison time after he was convicted of aiding illegal transactions.

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