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Title: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: mooseman99 on September 05, 2012, 07:05:01 PM http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/anonymous-group-allegedly-hacked-romney-tax-records-franklin-firm
An anonymous group claims to have gotten access to all of Romney's 1040 tax returns and is threatening to release them by Sept. 28th They have 2 bitcoin addresses, one in favor of releasing and the other opposed. Whichever reaches $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins first 'wins'. If the one opposed to releasing the returns wins, they will never be released. If the other wins, they will be released immediately. Now, It's not clear that the tax returns are real, although some places have confirmed receiving them. I see this being very good for bitcoin prices in the short term. Even if neither address receives the bitcoins the press alone should draw in some new faces. What do you guys think? Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Draino on September 05, 2012, 07:08:22 PM has the press actually picked this up other than that one local paper?
no one seems to be taking it seriously edit: this is why casino's like me red! sir, it's hit black I SAID RED Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 07:12:30 PM They probably would have been better going for a more achievable target like $10
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: mooseman99 on September 05, 2012, 07:14:11 PM has the press actually picked this up other than that one local paper? no one seems to be taking it seriously It's on the front page of reddit. Even if nobody takes the tax returns seriously I'm hoping some people will say "Bitcoin? What is that" and look into it Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Dalkore on September 05, 2012, 07:15:13 PM What a waste of money. What do you think you will learn from him that your don't already know? He is rich, has a good accountant and has off-shore funds that are basically non-taxable. SURPRISE SURPRISE, maybe it is just me but I figure if I examined 98% of all federally elected representatives they would show the same story just in different amounts.
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: mooseman99 on September 05, 2012, 07:18:41 PM oh wait i got a question: how will affect this the future of bitcoins ? because if this dude become president he can easily outlaw bitcoin in US and ban US citizens to use bitcoins (the same way it did with poker so all go to vegas) this is dangerous stuff Yes, that is also a pertinent question. Especially if the feds use this as an example of how bitcoin can be used for less than legal activities. Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: bitcoinbear on September 05, 2012, 07:19:39 PM There was another thread covering this topic. Maybe I can find the link? Here you go: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=105929.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=105929.0)
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: notme on September 05, 2012, 07:23:45 PM oh wait i got a question: how will affect this the future of bitcoins ? because if this dude become president he can easily outlaw bitcoin in US and ban US citizens to use bitcoins (the same way it did with poker so all go to vegas) this is dangerous stuff bitcoin is already linked to drugs, now can be linked to blackmail rich ppl that want to be president of USA :/ Presidents don't make laws. Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: adamstgBit on September 05, 2012, 07:34:51 PM this is a scam... $1,000,000 scam
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: lucif on September 05, 2012, 07:36:08 PM Bitcoin address for releasing documents: 1CXMNcdqAPWEomGFHEjatMNcWjkaGEgpro
Bitcoin address for keeping documents private: 1CSoYrjFxJqx9qbjqmsZLfFDe6u3VC8tcB Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 07:38:42 PM zero and zero... they're doing well so far!!
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 07:56:41 PM Bitcoin address for releasing documents: 1CXMNcdqAPWEomGFHEjatMNcWjkaGEgpro Bitcoin address for keeping documents private: 1CSoYrjFxJqx9qbjqmsZLfFDe6u3VC8tcB nice try to change the address http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8 http://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL6RaNgB Wow they've made $3, I wonder how long they'll go down for if they get caught lol Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: ElectricMucus on September 05, 2012, 07:58:46 PM Trolling is a art.
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: N12 on September 05, 2012, 08:20:33 PM Beautiful: http://pastebin.com/1j1yzQ9S
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: mysteriousawake on September 08, 2012, 10:49:35 PM Anyone see this, ran into it browsing
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/larry-flynt-mitt-romney-tax-returns-million-368793 Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: ninjaboon on September 08, 2012, 11:32:52 PM has the press actually picked this up other than that one local paper? no one seems to be taking it seriously edit: this is why casino's like me red! sir, it's hit black I SAID RED Forbes picked it up : http://www.forbes.com/sites/abegarver/2012/09/07/bitinstant-to-romney-camp-well-convert-1000000-usd-to-bitcoin-for-free/ Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: Taz on September 08, 2012, 11:40:08 PM http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8
Binary deposits. Is that true about Bitinstant, if so kudos. Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: bitcoinminer on September 09, 2012, 01:05:42 AM Hopefully they'll go to jail over this bullshit.
Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: bitlane on September 09, 2012, 01:13:05 AM Well, the crowd has spoken....
3.02277788 BTC in favor of FULL RELEASE....vs...... 0.59386764 BTC in favor of STOPPING RELEASE. Title: Re: Romney tax returns being ransomed for $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins Post by: bitcoinbear on September 09, 2012, 03:02:06 AM Well, the crowd has spoken.... 3.02277788 BTC in favor of FULL RELEASE....vs...... 0.59386764 BTC in favor of STOPPING RELEASE. Compared to the ~100,000 needed to complete either, these are both essentially 0. But we still have a few weeks left, so those numbers could go up. How much of this is from the coded messages sent using the bitcoin amount as binary code? |