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this is by far the best thing i have seen in a long time. and it seems like the news is already spreading at the speed of light throughout the internet.
#ToTheMoon #ANewHero
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/12/someone-held-up-a-buy-bitcoin-sign-during-yellens-testimony-to-congress.html
http://www.coindesk.com/buy-bitcoin-sign-raised-feds-janet-yellen-testifies-congress/
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-clear-message-received-from-janet-yellens-testimony-buy-bitcoin-2017-07-12
http://forextv.com/bitcoin-news/someone-held-up-a-buy-bitcoin-sign-during-yellens-testimony-to-congress/

and link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3maNZ0x0w
but you have to find the exact timing in the comments since this is live broadcast but is about -2 hours from the time of this post.

... and now i have an avatar ;D

Another Bitcoin legend is born.

He's now no doubt on his way to Guantanamo. They should've plastered a QR code on her forehead. Now that would be cool.

Just saw it on Zerohedge BTC  ;D

The guy will be rich if he has put a QR code there  ;D

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OK, Zero Hedge has it up, and now bitcointalk.

I guess it's already "gone viral".  Let's keep this going.  The more the merrier.

I'll put this on my Joke List and maybe FB.

"All publicity is good publicity" is certainly true in this case!

He could have been rich, but now he's fired instead.  ;D I don't think they'll let it slide.
Even if they won't kick him out he'll land in the basement for years. It was a nice prank though. Balls of steel!  

And discussed on Bloomberg TV with chart...

  ;D

Pretty hilarious!

That was awesome...kudos to him! It would have been nice to have had a QR code.

On reddit someone posted a link to a twitter thread. People there have bid up to 2 BTC for the notepad so far.  ;D

https://twitter.com/i/moments/885215640008753154

Yeah, guy missed an opportunity to get rich, 100 bits at a time!

Another question is how long did that guy have to intern with some government official or politician to get a seat in the room? That takes real dedication!

He could have drawn the BTC more accurately... :-\

And here we are all this time killing our selves publicly humiliate governments and their failure of banking system being rubbed in their faces, then advertising bitcoin in the best possible ways that we're capable of, no one even sees us, now someone did something years back yet the crypto world is all over him :D

Someone get the BTC address of the sign holder, will be willing to donate.

  This reminds me of the guy who held up a Bitcoin sign with his QR code at the Superbowl and made a fortune from donations. It went viral on Reddit, so just think of how much he made.
  I wonder how much this guy would have made if he put his QR code on there. My bet is over $1,000,000 in the long run.

My friends sent it to me from zerohedge as well.  That was hilarious.  Good man for doing it on TV :)

Is this your address? Because the address from the original picture is "1GwtZF9QFKWNqCRHLx1Y9adGcrhQSUnNfY".
Are you really photoshopping your own address to try to make a few bucks? That's what scammers do.

proof: https://twitter.com/CryptoEthan/status/885209200825073665

proof 2:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEkb12BUAAApetL.jpg:large

 ??? where the original picture?

I just edited my previous post with the original picture.
I hope you just made a mistake and got the fake picture from the real scammer without knowing you were sharing the wrong one.

This was an awesome prank because it both advertises bitcoin to the world while also potentially making the guy wealthy. I wish I had an opportunity like this. He made the most of the opportunity and deserves any money he gets. Hopefully he won't get into trouble.

but it is a simply qr, where is the original pic? i got it in a telegram channel

The original picture was posted by @CryptoEthan (https://twitter.com/CryptoEthan/) on twitter. He claimed the guy from the picture is his real-life friend.

Later he deleted the tweet:
"Sorry all, I was asked to delete the tweet for employer reasons." - https://twitter.com/CryptoEthan/status/885224174431744001

But he keeped this tweet with the address:
https://twitter.com/CryptoEthan/status/885209200825073665

The one you are sharing and a lot of newbies will start sharing is from a scammer who PHOTOSHOPPED his own address on the original picture.

ORIGINAL ADDRESS FROM THE GUY WITH THE SIGN: 1GwtZF9QFKWNqCRHLx1Y9adGcrhQSUnNfY
(he already got more than 4 BTC)

ORIGINAL PICTURE:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEkb12BUAAApetL.jpg:large

I have doubts of which is the original, or is your own address ??? ;D ;D

Are you that dumb or what? Can't you do some research or at least read my previous post?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6mw2k9/bitcoin_sign_guys_bitcoin_address_and_proof/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6mut9d/guy_just_did_this_on_live_tv/dk4rurr/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6mvbiu/a_hero_was_born_today_if_we_can_find_him_i_want/dk4rrg9/

https://twitter.com/Decentralizd/status/885300237014777856
https://twitter.com/LegendOfCrypto/status/885213294323130368

Check both pictures and see which one looks more real. Just take a look at the text and the color of the paper.

Fake: https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Foi64.tinypic.com%2Ffasowi.jpg&t=578&c=cv2_OuX-wsoYuw
Real: https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDEkb12BUAAApetL.jpg%3Alarge&t=578&c=VtEOyk9C6gh8JQ

Maybe you are really the scammer advertising your photoshopped picture to get some free btc...

Are you scamming? You seem a bit irate.

ROFL. I'm irate because someone is trying to scam people and looks like I'm the only one researching a bit before sharing a photoshopped picture with the intent of scamming people. And even after posting proofs, this guy above seems to lack the ability to read.

No wonder someone got 600k in 3 days with the fake MEW pishing scam. People are just dumb.

I'm done with you guys.

+1

Scam thread started regarding this move by whistle11. If it's a genuine mistake (i'm sure yours is not the only fake picture floating around) announce as such in the scam thread and we'll have it resolved and closed. Mistakes happen, but you gotta own up to it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2018623.new#new (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2018623.new#new)

Nice catch, love to quote it and save this picture, lol.
This man really have courage to do such things as he could be ended be charged by legal authority, and he was dismissed from his office yesterday?
But, at least he made good profit through that events as; As for the sign holder, he apparently turned a nice profit either way. After this picture of him holding his bitcoin address was posted on Twitter, he reportedly received donations of more than $10,000 worth of bitcoin:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-clear-message-received-from-janet-yellens-testimony-buy-bitcoin-2017-07-12?mod=markets_twitter_new&link=sfmw_tw

Idiot if you ask me, no offense but what kind of government employee does such a thing? some professional courtesy would be great, I believe he only did it for the fame without thinking first of the consequences, lets say he'll get $50,000 as donations/gifts what then, he has lost his job and a life time career worth at least half a million dollars, at least write Bitcoin to da moon or something. lol I guess if Trump finds him he'll shake his hands like crazy people.

Hahaha how did I miss this one, this guy just had to put his public key and I am sure people would have donated to him madly, cause he would need all for the law suits, jail and retirement plans. One thing is now I am waiting for trump to tweet this and say let's make America great again, let's accept bitcoin. If he signals his support, it shall be massive if the world super power was to accept it. That would be insane.

haha, read a couple of other posts. it seems like this person already did that. but not on camera. i think he later on posted that picture (the real one not the scammy fake one) on his twitter and last time i checked his bitcoin address it had about 600 transactions of total of 6BTC :D

this is shilling to the maximum levels :D

He fingered the US government in front of the camera with live feed, there are no such opportunities and if there are, it's only one in a billion to be at the right place and time to do this thing, albeit you'd need a pair of steel balls to ignite a fire in the hornets nest, only if there were no forking and 1st of Aug was just another routine days like all other days, we still could see some crowd coming in new, hopefully 50 people each invest $500M by next week. lol