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Title: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:16:26 PM $1M ransom in Bitcoin. ;)
Title: Re: The Entire World just found out about Bitcoin Post by: ForceField on September 05, 2012, 10:27:11 PM Thought you were joking. No link = didn't happen.
News Articles: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/11124/20120905/secret-service-hackers-demand-million-bitcoin-ransom-mitt-romney-tax-returns.htm http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/05/romney-tax-returns-hacked/ Title: Re: The Entire World just found out about Bitcoin Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:29:08 PM Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 05, 2012, 10:32:44 PM Yep, this might be the biggest msm coverage outside of the financial news.
And we're already back above 11$ ;D Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:34:16 PM Yep, this might be the biggest msm coverage outside of the financial news. And we're already back above 11$ ;D the biggest in or out. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ForceField on September 05, 2012, 10:34:47 PM If this is how the idea of Bitcoin gets exposed to the world, through a negative event, then Bitcoins will be seen as a bad thing for many people and governments.
And it would open it up to further condemning and denouncing attacks by politicians. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:34:53 PM pretty sure it's a hoax, atlas posted this a month ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=96616.msg1064381#msg1064381 Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Bitcoin Oz on September 05, 2012, 10:35:11 PM Whatever you do dont send coins to those addresses without using a mixing service :D
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: iCEBREAKER on September 05, 2012, 10:36:53 PM Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:38:52 PM If this how the idea of Bitcoin gets exposed to the world, through a negative event, then Bitcoins will be seen as a bad thing for many people and governments. no. it'll be interpreted as a huge positive. it's been made loud and clear that Bitcoins are valued. it's an efficient, highly desired fixed supply currency that can be sent or received w/o being present in person. try that with gold or USD's. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ForceField on September 05, 2012, 10:41:12 PM If this how the idea of Bitcoin gets exposed to the world, through a negative event, then Bitcoins will be seen as a bad thing for many people and governments. no. it'll be interpreted as a huge positive. it's been made loud and clear that Bitcoins are valued. it's an efficient, highly desired fixed supply currency that can be sent or received w/o being present in person. try that with gold or USD's. For its longer term success, I'd prefer it if a beneficial event did the introduction of Bitcoin to the world. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: moni3z on September 05, 2012, 10:41:32 PM orig hoax a month+ ago
new hoax on pastebin new hoax rewritten to include bitcoin addresses for ransom no actual returns stolen ???? media of course runs with this story Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 05, 2012, 10:42:51 PM Hoax or not, I also see this as positive.
Just think about how much people will ask themselves "WTF is bitcoin ? let's google that" Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:43:20 PM orig hoax a month+ ago new hoax on pastebin new hoax rewritten to include bitcoin addresses for ransom no actual returns stolen ???? media of course runs with this story someone in the Bitcoin World is related to Ben? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: kjj on September 05, 2012, 10:43:49 PM pretty sure it's a hoax, atlas posted this a month ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=96616.msg1064381#msg1064381 Yeah, that is a fake news site. Like The Onion, but not funny. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: elux on September 05, 2012, 10:44:56 PM https://www.google.com/news/story?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=romney+bitcoin&ncl=dEDkjGvGclJRWqMtoJXK3Cv7kF_xM&cf=all&scoring=n (https://www.google.com/news/story?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=romney+bitcoin&ncl=dEDkjGvGclJRWqMtoJXK3Cv7kF_xM&cf=all&scoring=n) http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/lapsedlawyer/popcorn.gif Holy shit, massive news coverage. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:45:07 PM pretty sure it's a hoax, atlas posted this a month ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=96616.msg1064381#msg1064381 Yeah, that is a fake news site. Like The Onion, but not funny. Right, and right. Somebody from this forum saw that and decided to get some free bitcoins. That's my theory. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ElectricMucus on September 05, 2012, 10:46:27 PM If this how the idea of Bitcoin gets exposed to the world, through a negative event, then Bitcoins will be seen as a bad thing for many people and governments. And it would open it up to further condemning and denouncing attacks by politicians. No it's not. The worst thing that can happen is a neutral effect should it turn out to be a hoax. That kind of association doesn't damage bitcoins reputation since it is not related to it's infrastructure. I wouldn't be surprised if we hit all time highs next month, and I think everybody here agrees I am one of the most resilient bears in here. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:47:53 PM If this how the idea of Bitcoin gets exposed to the world, through a negative event, then Bitcoins will be seen as a bad thing for many people and governments. And it would open it up to further condemning and denouncing attacks by politicians. No it's not. The worst thing that can happen is a neutral effect should it turn out to be a hoax. That kind of association doesn't damage bitcoins reputation since it is not related to it's infrastructure. I wouldn't be surprised if we hit all time highs next month, and I think everybody here agrees I am one of the most resilient bears in here. slowly but surely you're drifting over to the good side! ;) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Bitcoin Oz on September 05, 2012, 10:49:44 PM I hear theres a pirate who could sell them 200 000 bitcoins for cash in a suitcase.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: kentrolla on September 05, 2012, 10:50:56 PM nice hoax. very smart
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Vladimir on September 05, 2012, 10:52:44 PM Now imagine they vote with bitcoin instead of sms for x factor and whatever got talent etc... geez I need to patent it, lol.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:53:27 PM nice hoax. very smart you sure about that? they went as far as to deliver a coupla USB sticks to party offices... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 10:55:05 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes all the worlds banks NYC policies redundant.
The nature of this scam will highlight just how dangerous to a government that can be. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: repentance on September 05, 2012, 10:56:28 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg
To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:57:35 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. where'd you get that? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 10:58:51 PM Lol it's all over the world news and they've got just over a tenner!
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 10:58:53 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes all the worlds banks NYC policies redundant. The nature of this scam will highlight just how dangerous to a government that can be. why's that? he could've just as easily asked for $1M USD's and you wouldn't have batted an eye. but Bitcoin and you do? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: evolve on September 05, 2012, 10:59:23 PM Secret service is now involved, so they are taking this as a real threat, it seems.
http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=17162987 (http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=17162987) Yeah, I think this is the exact opposite of what btc needs. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: elux on September 05, 2012, 10:59:34 PM Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Quote from: Google News Hackers Obtain Mitt Romney's Tax Returns? kvor - 25 minutes ago The letters stated an intention to publish Romney's tax returns on Sept. 28, unless $1 million is deposited in a Bitcoin (Internet currency) account, according to Williamson County Democratic Party Chairman Peter Burr, who said both he and his Williamson ... Hackers Hold Mitt Romney's Tax Returns for Ransom Opposing Views - 28 minutes ago The hackers said they sent USB drives containing information from Romney's tax forms to local Democratic and Republican Party offices. Williamson County Republican party executive director Jean Barwick confirmed receiving the USB drive, but has not ... Romney's Taxes Hacked? Secret Service Is On It Mashable - 37 minutes ago Romney's team was given until September 28th to transfer $1 million in bitcoins (an untraceable online currency popular in the criminal underworld). Otherwise, the hackers said, the tax returns would either go to the highest bidder or be released on Pastebin ... Hacker Claims to Have Mitt Romney's Tax Returns Reason - 43 minutes ago Today, a hacker allegedly stole Mitt Romney's tax returns, is demanding $1 million in Bitcoins for silence, and sent a USB drive and letter to the GOP and Democratic party offices in Williamson County, Tennessee as proof. Williamson County Republican party ... 'Anonymous' Hackers Auction Off Mitt Romney's Tax Records Guestofaguest.com - 45 minutes ago Like something out of a Christopher Nolan Batman movie, the hacker group 'Anonymous' claim that they illegally acquired Mitt Romney's tax information from PricewaterhouseCoopers by physically infiltrating their offices. The group set up a Bitcoin account to ... Secret Service Involved After Hackers Demand $1 Million Bitcoin Ransom For ... iDigitalTimes.com - 1 hour ago After many doubted the validity of two flash drives, allegedly containing Mitt Romney's tax returns for many years prior to 2010, all eyes are on Nashville, TN following word that members of the Secret Service have confiscated the devices as part of an ongoing ... Hackers Claim Elaborate Heist of Mitt Romney's Tax Returns, Want $1 Million New York Magazine - 1 hour ago During the night, suite 260 was entered, and all available 1040 tax forms for Romney were copied." The imaginative hackers want $1 million, payable in the Internet currency Bitcoins, to either rush the (supposedly) imminent release of the documents or keep ... Hacker says he's got Romney's tax returns UPI.com - 1 hour ago The letter says the tax returns were stolen from PricewaterhouseCoopers in Franklin, Tenn. The letter threatens to turn the returns over to the news media. The hacker wants the money in Bitcoins, a form of electronic cash. Williamson County Republican party ... Feds probing alleged theft of Romney's tax returns CNET - 1 hour ago The encrypted key to open the files would be released publicly unless Romney paid the hackers $1 million by transferring that amount in virtual currency called Bitcoins to a specific account. However, if someone else wants the information to be released ... Mitt Romney's Tax Returns Stolen, Held For Ransom The Inquisitr - 1 hour ago Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins using the various markets available out in the world for buying… Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final ... Hacker claims to have Mitt Romney's tax returns, demands $1 million in Bitcoin The Verge - 2 hours ago Early today a hacker who claims to be affiliated with Anonymous posted documents to Pastebin with some startling claims: someone, the statement claimed, has copies of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns. Mitt Romney has come under ... PricewaterhouseCoopers Denies Anonymous Hackers Have Mitt Romney Tax ... U.S. News & World Report - 2 hours ago ... copied the tax documents of Romney and his wife Ann. The group also threatened interested parties, saying that if they do not want the tax documents released, the parties will pay a ransom of $1 million in Bitcoins, a digital currency that can be encrypted. Hackers: We Stole Mitt Romney's Tax Returns PC Magazine - 2 hours ago Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins (Google if if you need a lesson on what Bitcoin is) using the various markets available out in the world for buying," the hackers wrote. "Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. It does not matter if ... Hackers Holding Mitt Romney's Tax Returns For Bitcoin Ransom Uproxx - 2 hours ago In what sounds like the plotline of a spoof of a Mission Impossible-style political thriller, hackers claim to have broken into an accounting firm's office in Tennessee and made off with copies of Mitt Romney's unreleased tax returns — the tax returns the GOP ... Group Claims They Hacked Mitt Romney's Tax Records, Demand Ransom Gather.com - 2 hours ago They're asking for $1 million in the form of bitcoins -- a type of digital currency that can be cashed for real money. If they don't get the money, the files will be made public somehow. It will be interesting to see if the Romney campaign chooses to address this, ... Hackers Claim Romney's Taxes Ransomed for $1 Mln Discovery News - 2 hours ago Mitt Romney's tax returns are allegedly no longer secret. An unidentified group claims to have stolen Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Tennessee offices. Mashable is reporting a hacker group claims ... PwC Denies Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen From Its Offices CNBC.com - 2 hours ago The person also demanded that $1 million worth of the online currency Bitcoins be transferred to an account by September 28 or the hackers would post the full tax returns on the Internet. The claim said the information had been obtained from an accounting ... Hackers claim to have Romney's tax returns, will release Sept 28 unless paid ... Death and Taxes - 2 hours ago A hacker group has just posted a notice to Pastebin that claims they've obtained Mitt Romney's pre-2010 tax returns, and is demanding $1M in Bitcoins to destroy them, or else they'll make them public on September 28. Mashable notes the group describes an ... Hacker Group Claims to Have Stolen Romney's Old Tax Returns Firedoglake - 2 hours ago These things don't always pan out – remember those secret Bank of America documents allegedly in the possession of Wikileaks? – but Mashable reports that a group of unnamed hackers claim to have obtained a copy of Mitt Romney's pre-2010 tax returns: ... Hackers Claim to Possess Mitt Romney's Tax Returns, Threaten to Release ... Gawker - 2 hours ago ... of Mitt Romney's unreleased tax returns freshly lifted from the PricewaterhouseCoopers offices in Franklin, Tennessee, and say they will make them available to the public at the end of this month unless they receive a million dollars in unmarked Bitcoins. Hacker holds Romney tax returns ransom for $1M in Bitcoins VentureBeat - 3 hours ago Ready for the most outlandish story of your day? Here we go. Today a hacker allegedly stole Mitt Romney's tax returns and is demanding $1 million in Bitcoins for silence. The hacker also sent a USB drive and letter to the Republican and Democratic party ... Mitt Romney Tax Returns Hacked? Alleged Ransom Asks For $1 Million In Bitcoins International Business Times - 3 hours ago A team of hackers claims to have stolen Mitt Romney's tax returns from PricewaterhouseCoopers' offices in Franklin, Tenn., and is threatening to release them to the public on Sept. 28 unless a $1 million ransom is paid in Bitcoins, the online currency that is ... Hackers Claim They're Holding Mitt Romney's Tax Returns for Bitcoin Ransom Betabeat - 4 hours ago Hackers do a lot for epic lulz, including trolling a credulous public in love with stories about improbable, Mission Impossible-worthy hacks. So we are skeptical of The Daily Dot's article about anonymous (we don't yet know if that word should be capitalized) ... Hackers: Ransom for Romney Returns Daily Beast - 4 hours ago Maybe he should have released them earlier in the election cycle. A team of hackers claims to have obtained Mitt Romney's tax returns and say the documents will be released at the end of September unless the candidate transfers $1 million in Bitcoins, ... OH PLEASE! This Story About Hackers Stealing Mitt Romney's Tax Return Is ... Business Insider - 4 hours ago They also said they are holding the tax returns for a ransom of $1 million bitcoins, according to another post on Pastebin. An anonymous post on Pastbein asking for Bitcoins? That's basically a parody of hackers. Furthermore, the description of how the tax ... Hackers Claim to Have Romney Tax Returns, Demand Ransom Towleroad - 4 hours ago The document says that the returns will be released on September 28 unless a random of $1 million in Bitcoins —"an online currency that is difficult both to trace and to identify" — is paid, according to Mashable. In other news, Romney is doing his debate prep ... Someone's Claiming to Be Holding Romney's Tax Returns for Ransom The Atlantic Wire - 6 hours ago ... intriguing than your LinkedIn password being stolen), an anonymous group is claiming that they accessed PricewaterhouseCoopers's network servers in Franklin, Tennessee and are now holding Mitt Romney's tax returns ransom for $1 million in Bitcoins. In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to those already displayed. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included. How's that for press coverage? ;D Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 11:01:13 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes all the worlds banks NYC policies redundant. The nature of this scam will highlight just how dangerous to a government that can be. why's that? he could've just as easily asked for $1M USD's and you wouldn't have batted an eye. but Bitcoin and you do? No that's exactly the point I'm making you couldn't have just as easily asked for $1m USD's Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: kentrolla on September 05, 2012, 11:01:49 PM hackers gonna hack
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: justusranvier on September 05, 2012, 11:03:04 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes fixedTitle: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tgmarks on September 05, 2012, 11:04:20 PM It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but I definitely agree that this will make bitcoin seem more like a threat than if it were presented under other circumstances.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 11:06:10 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes all the worlds banks NYC policies redundant. The nature of this scam will highlight just how dangerous to a government that can be. why's that? he could've just as easily asked for $1M USD's and you wouldn't have batted an eye. but Bitcoin and you do? No that's exactly the point I'm making you couldn't have just as easily asked for $1 USD's why not? drug dealers do it all the time. and some banks. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ForceField on September 05, 2012, 11:06:33 PM Now on The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/05/pwc-no-evidence-of-theft-of-romney-tax-returns/).
They say there is "no evidence that anybody had gained access to Mitt Romney’s old tax returns" according to accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: SgtSpike on September 05, 2012, 11:08:19 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. where'd you get that? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Gabi on September 05, 2012, 11:09:12 PM So if someone ask a ransom in dollar then they will ban dollar?
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tgmarks on September 05, 2012, 11:09:54 PM Now on The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/05/pwc-no-evidence-of-theft-of-romney-tax-returns/). They say there is "no evidence that anybody had gained access to Mitt Romney’s old tax returns" according to accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. They also don't even mention bitcoin in this one. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ElectricMucus on September 05, 2012, 11:10:46 PM Now on The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/05/pwc-no-evidence-of-theft-of-romney-tax-returns/). They say there is "no evidence that anybody had gained access to Mitt Romney’s old tax returns" according to accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. They also don't even mention bitcoin in this one. duh Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 05, 2012, 11:10:54 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes all the worlds banks NYC policies redundant. The nature of this scam will highlight just how dangerous to a government that can be. why's that? he could've just as easily asked for $1M USD's and you wouldn't have batted an eye. but Bitcoin and you do? No that's exactly the point I'm making you couldn't have just as easily asked for $1 USD's why not? drug dealers do it all the time. and some banks. How can you possibly do something high profile like this with either cash or normal banking I don't understand your reasoning? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: evolve on September 05, 2012, 11:11:29 PM This is definitely a negative thing, although it will more than likely cause a short term bubble it will wake politicians up to the fact there's an online currency that makes fixedThis is actually a decent point....bitcoins could be used to make/take illegal campaign contributions on the down low. That said, I think btcs instability would help to curb that. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 11:12:23 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. where'd you get that? Google search by image turns up nothing... Strange Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 05, 2012, 11:12:58 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. From Reddit : Quote The reason it's a hoax, and not even an elaborate one at that, is that Page 1 makes zero sense. First - you remember all those hedge fund income statements we saw? All that income flows to Line 17. It is essentially impossible that this is a flat $50,000. Whoever created this did it poorly. Line 12, Business Income, is for my consulting business, or my speaking engagements, or my flower store, or my interior design business. Even more obvious is that Line 12 would almost without a doubt be subject to self-employment tax. That would be about 2.6 million dollars. You see how line 28 has nothing on it? That should be 50% of the self-employment tax shown on page 2, which we don't see. So in short, the income is on the wrong line and even if it were right, there is no corresponding deduction for the self-employment tax. The end. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: repentance on September 05, 2012, 11:15:06 PM https://i.imgur.com/6oZVa.jpg To be honest, I'm sure all kinds of blackmail threats are made towards candidates every election year. What's notable about this one - hoax or not - is that it became public. where'd you get that? It was linked to on SomethingAwful. It probably came from the reddit thread. It's likely something someone knocked up just for shit and giggles. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bitcoinbear on September 05, 2012, 11:16:42 PM Mitt Romney did this himself, and he has secretly been investing in bitcoins the past few months. His plan all along was to make a big deal out of not sharing his tax returns so everybody would notice when they were "stolen". Then suddenly everybody finds out about bitcoins, the price spikes as people rush into this wonderful new currency, and he sells his massive bitcoin holdings at a hefty profit. Then he can retire, if he doesn't get elected president.
Ok, now I am going to take off the tin-foil hat and go back to normal. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: apetersson on September 05, 2012, 11:18:14 PM why is everybody making such an overblown story from that? anyone with a brain can figure out the following things: (crosspost from g+)
just by skimming the text at http://pastebin.com/1j1yzQ9S , i think of the following indications why its a hoax: 1 - anyone could have written this text on pastebin. there is zero proof somone got their hands on any document at PwC 2 - the way the document is written is in a very emotional way and trys to provoke back and forth. 3 - it would be much more effective to privately contact romney/PwC for extortion. if they would pay the way described it would be a gigantic media blowout against romney so they have no choice as to ignore it or try to settle without bitcoin (anyone can observe what is paid on the given address) 4 - the payment instructions are somewhat ambigously defined, if it was real i would expect a round bitcoin amount. 5 - if real, they would have provided some real proof and details, like document ids, filenames, paths, or some details from the documents. 6 -if he is trying to show his insight into internal PwC ongoings, why is he quoting the receptionist number? i would reference the phone extension closest to the original physical storage location of the documents (either IT or a specialist department) 7- the last two lines which should appear as some sort of "proof" are deliberatly chosen to make fun of his momonism (is that the P.C. term?) again, just provoking. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: justusranvier on September 05, 2012, 11:19:05 PM This is actually a decent point....bitcoins could be used to make/take illegal campaign contributions on the down low. That said, I think btcs instability would help to curb that. You can bet that plenty of elected officials would love to be able to accept dirty money without risking the embarassment of having their freezer full of cash (http://articles.cnn.com/2006-05-21/politics/jefferson.search_1_congressman-jefferson-jefferson-aide-fbi-agents?_s=PM:POLITICS) discovered.Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 05, 2012, 11:20:21 PM why is everybody making such an overblown story from that? anyone with a brain can figure out the following things: (crosspost from g+) just by skimming the text at http://pastebin.com/1j1yzQ9S , i think of the following indications why its a hoax: 1 - anyone could have written this text on pastebin. there is zero proof somone got their hands on any document at PwC 2 - the way the document is written is in a very emotional way and trys to provoke back and forth. 3 - it would be much more effective to privately contact romney/PwC for extortion. if they would pay the way described it would be a gigantic media blowout against romney so they have no choice as to ignore it or try to settle without bitcoin (anyone can observe what is paid on the given address) 4 - the payment instructions are somewhat ambigously defined, if it was real i would expect a round bitcoin amount. 5 - if real, they would have provided some real proof and details, like document ids, filenames, paths, or some details from the documents. 6 -if he is trying to show his insight into internal PwC ongoings, why is he quoting the receptionist number? i would reference the phone extension closest to the original physical storage location of the documents (either IT or a specialist department) 7- the last two lines which should appear as some sort of "proof" are deliberatly chosen to make fun of his momonism (is that the P.C. term?) again, just provoking. except that 1 USB stick each was delivered to the Rep and Dem party offices. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: apetersson on September 05, 2012, 11:23:03 PM except that 1 USB stick each was delivered to the Rep and Dem party offices. do you consider that fact any indication that someone obtained those documents? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: acoindr on September 05, 2012, 11:46:17 PM 3 - it would be much more effective to privately contact romney/PwC for extortion. if they would pay the way described it would be a gigantic media blowout against romney so they have no choice as to ignore it or try to settle without bitcoin (anyone can observe what is paid on the given address) I'm not so sure that would be a more effective way to receive the money. Your point makes me think the alleged hacker might be counting on media attention to get free money. Apparently the "release" address already has over $10 donated. With enough press this story could feed on itself as people start donating to either of the bitcoin addresses and the media covers that, then what bitcoin is, etc. This is potentially explosive for Bitcoin, hoax or not. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on September 05, 2012, 11:49:47 PM yeee hawww!!!!!!!!!!! IF Mitt Romney pushes bitcoin into the mainstream I'm voting for him!
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: live627 on September 06, 2012, 12:01:43 AM yeee hawww!!!!!!!!!!! IF Mitt Romney pushes bitcoin into the mainstream I'm voting for him! Oh look, the cat jumped up at your tell...Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on September 06, 2012, 12:10:01 AM Now imagine they vote with bitcoin instead of sms for x factor and whatever got talent etc... geez I need to patent it, lol. I've envisioned such several months ago. This is doable! ~Bruno~ Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on September 06, 2012, 12:13:21 AM yeee hawww!!!!!!!!!!! IF Mitt Romney pushes bitcoin into the mainstream I'm voting for him! Oh look, the cat jumped up at your tell...Huh!? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on September 06, 2012, 12:14:38 AM Now imagine they vote with bitcoin instead of sms for x factor and whatever got talent etc... geez I need to patent it, lol. I've envisioned such several months ago. This is doable! ~Bruno~ Wise man my dear Bruno! Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: repentance on September 06, 2012, 12:18:18 AM I'm not so sure that would be a more effective way to receive the money. Your point makes me think the alleged hacker might be counting on media attention to get free money. Apparently the "release" address already has over $10 donated. I doubt this is about anyone trying to get money or BTC. People have been looking for a way to get Bitcoin mainstream media coverage outside of the finance and technology sections and what better way to do it than to tie Bitcoin to the Presidential campaign in some way. Mr and Mrs average America might never read the finance and technology sections of even the most mainstream media, but they're probably reading the current political coverage and this is the kind of story which might even hit the TV news bulletins. This is probably going to blow up in the face of whoever pulled the stunt, but it's been effective in drawing mainstream attention to Bitcoin. Whether that's a good thing remains to be seen. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: totaleclipseofthebank on September 06, 2012, 12:34:31 AM It's too bad that the main events in Bitcoin right now are a giant Ponzi collapse and the largest US exchange being completely cleaned out
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ElectricMucus on September 06, 2012, 12:39:41 AM It's too bad that the main events in Bitcoin right now are a giant Ponzi collapse and the largest US exchange being completely cleaned out If this story folds out in a big way that's irrelevant tough.Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: repentance on September 06, 2012, 12:43:11 AM It's too bad that the main events in Bitcoin right now are a giant Ponzi collapse and the largest US exchange being completely cleaned out Casual visitors aren't even going to see that stuff if they visit here because it gets moved out of the general Discussion forum and into sub-fora with uninteresting titles. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: totaleclipseofthebank on September 06, 2012, 12:45:07 AM It's too bad that the main events in Bitcoin right now are a giant Ponzi collapse and the largest US exchange being completely cleaned out Casual visitors aren't even going to see that stuff if they visit here because it gets moved out of the general Discussion forum and into sub-fora with uninteresting titles. Sure, but I've seen many of the blogs discussing the ransom are dropping tidbits about these events, which is pretty bad in general for bitcoin's reputation. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ForceField on September 06, 2012, 12:46:05 AM Update from The Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/05/fbi-secret-service-deepen-romney-tax-mystery/).
Quote "In separate phone interviews, an executive director of the Republican Party ... and a chairman of the county’s Democratic Party, described receiving virtually identical packages that were dropped off at their party offices late Thursday or early Friday morning when no one was around. In both cases, the hand-delivered, manila, padded envelopes with no postage contained a note, a SanDisk thumb drive, and featuring some kind of copied version of Mitt Romney signature." Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 12:51:24 AM except that 1 USB stick each was delivered to the Rep and Dem party offices. do you consider that fact any indication that someone obtained those documents? actually i do. if it was a hoax why go thru the risk of dropping off 2 packages that could have fingerprints or being seen on surveillance cameras. as for contacting them privately, he risks being wire tapped or having his ip address tracked. also by publicizing the alternate address he gains a different possible avenue for getting paid. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: John Kirk on September 06, 2012, 01:53:23 AM Wow. Gavin said there would be a big announcement in September. I gotta admit, though, I didn't think he had it in him.
Title: Evidence? Post by: LanYu on September 06, 2012, 02:10:08 AM How's this for hoax?
https://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: adamstgBit on September 06, 2012, 02:28:20 AM pretty sure it's a hoax, atlas posted this a month ago: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=96616.msg1064381#msg1064381 Title: Re: Evidence? Post by: WikileaksDude on September 06, 2012, 03:03:30 AM How's this for hoax? https://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg Photoshoped easily. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Bitcoin Oz on September 06, 2012, 03:04:53 AM Wow. Gavin said there would be a big announcement in September. I gotta admit, though, I didn't think he had it in him. ROFL! ;D hahah Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: opticbit on September 06, 2012, 07:36:53 AM All Romney needs to do is buy a few thousand worth of btc, and invest it wisely. In just a few weeks he'll have that $1M worth of BTC.
theres plenty of referral programs listed here... Http://bit.ly/btcrefs Then invest it in a Pyramid scheme or two. followed by some ponzi schemes. buy some advertising on twitter invest with a pirate. manipulate the exchanges. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tgmarks on September 06, 2012, 07:42:46 AM All Romney needs to do is buy a few thousand worth of btc, and invest it wisely. In just a few weeks he'll have that $1M worth of BTC. theres plenty of referral programs listed here... Http://bit.ly/btcrefs Then invest it in a Pyramid scheme or two. followed by some ponzi schemes. buy some advertising on twitter invest with a pirate. manipulate the exchanges. Your forgot throwing in the IPO of your company or taking pre orders on your next product. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: elux on September 06, 2012, 09:30:14 AM More coverage ticking in:
Quote Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret TruthDive - 1 hour ago The hacker group claims that it has in its possession of 'all available 1040 tax forms for Romney', which they stole from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Nashville office on August 25, 2012. The group ... They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins. Agents investigate claim of Romney tax files theft from Franklin office The Tennessean - 2 hours ago The letter says the tax returns would be released to the media later this month unless a payment of $1 million is received through an online payment system, Bitcoin. For the same price, someone interested in seeing the returns made public could guarantee ... Hacker claims he stole Romney's tax returns, demands $1mln PanARMENIAN.Net - 2 hours ago Net - A hacker allegedly stole Mitt Romney's tax returns and is demanding $1 million in Bitcoins for silence. The hacker also sent a USB drive and letter to the Republican and Democratic party offices in Williamson County, Tenn. as proof, VentureBeat reports. Hacker wants $1 million in Bitcoin or they'll release Mitt Romney's tax returns TweakTown - 2 hours ago Things are looking to heat up for Mitt Romney, with a hacker claiming to have in his (or her) possession, the presidential candidate's previous tax returns. Romney has been accused of hiding something, as he has only released the previous two years worth of ... Romney Tax Returns Stolen, Letter Claims, And Demands $1M Ransom International Business Times - 3 hours ago Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins.... It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final value of the Bitcoins is equal to $1,000,000 USD at the time when it is finished. The keys to unlock the data will be purged and ... Hackers Claim to Have Mitt's Tax Returns Newser - 4 hours ago They have threatened to make the returns public unless they receive the payoff in the hard-to-trace BitCoin online currency by September 28. The hackers say they sent flash drives containing copies of the returns to Democratic and ... at both offices say they made no attempt to access the information on the flash drives. A spokesman for PricewaterhouseCoopers says the company is working closely with the Secret Service, and managers haven't discovered any evidence of unauthorized access to Romney's returns. PWC: No evidence of breach in Romney tax return extortion case ITworld.com - 6 hours ago "When they were done, they kind of opened the envelope and scooped [the contents] back in." The group wants the money paid using the BitCoin digital currency, which is hard to trace, in order to prevent the decryption key from being released. Hackers ransom Romney tax returns SC Magazine Australia - 7 hours ago Blackmail letters were sent to Romney's Republication Party offices, including one package containing a hand-written address and a USB drive. The hackers said the documents would be released to anyone who paid the ransom. Cryptographic Bitcoin ... Bitcoin value spikes after hacker demands ransom in the currency VentureBeat - 7 hours ago Today, a hacker who claims to have obtained Mitt Romney's tax returns is demanding a ransom of $1 million in Bitcoins. The hacker probably didn't expect to improve the market for Bitcoins overall, but that's exactly what happened, as the value of Bitcoins ... U.S. Probing Claim That Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen Bloomberg - 7 hours ago The anonymous group sent a letter to Romney's accounting firm and political offices in Tennessee demanding $1 million in Bitcoins, a type of Internet currency, to prevent the disclosure of the candidate's tax returns. Romney's tax returns have become an ... Romney receives a coup d'etax Examiner.com - 8 hours ago The group claims it will release the records on September 28th unless paid $1 million by an untraceable internet currency called Bitcoins. They also claim they will destroy the evidence if paid in time. The Secret Service is investigating the matter, and nothing ... Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt TPM - 8 hours ago ... the beginning of the week also containing flash drives with copies of Romney's tax returns before 2010.” A second post says that encrypted copies of the tax documents will be sent to major media outlets, and demands the equivalent of $1 million in Bitcoins, ... Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 million in...Bitcoin?! 89.3 KPCC (blog) - 8 hours ago So if the theft turns out to be for real, how would Romney or PwC or some combination thereof get the Bitcoin? It's unclear. He would probably have to go on a Bitcoin exchange, like Mt. Gox, and trade or exchange $1 million for BTC. Not that that would ever ... Secret Service Investigates Claim That Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen WBUR - 9 hours ago Also included in the packages, according to the ransom letter, was an image of Romney's signature from the 1040 tax return documents. The letter's author states, "The deal is quite simple. Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins.... It does not matter if small ... Reports: Mitt Romney's Tax Returns Stolen And Held Ransom CRN - 9 hours ago Mitt Romney's tax returns have reportedly been stolen from PricewaterhouseCooper's (PWC's) Franklin, Tenn., office and will be released to the public unless the GOP presidential nominee coughs up $1 million in ransom, according to a Pastebin blog posted by an anonymous hacker group. The initial post, which is dated Sept. 2, details ... The post then explains that $1 billion must be converted to Bitcoins, a form of digital currency, and transferred to a designated address. It then promises that the "keys to unlock the ... US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data Phys.Org - 41 minutes ago The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ... Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret TruthDive - 1 hour ago The hacker group claims that it has in its possession of 'all available 1040 tax forms for Romney', which they stole from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Nashville office on August 25, 2012. The group ... They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins. Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret Newstrack India - 1 hour ago They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins. The Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic currency with no central banking authority-thus, it's very difficult to track. If PricewaterhouseCoopers pays the ransom by September 28, the information the ... US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data Yahoo!7 News - 2 hours ago The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ... Secret service opens investigation into 'theft' of Mitt Romney's tax returns Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ... The Sunday Times Sri Lanka - 3 hours ago CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept 5, 2012 (AFP) - The US Secret Service said Wednesday it had opened a probe into the possible theft of copies of Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's tax returns. “I can confirm that we are investigating the incident,” Secret Service spokesman George ... The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by Sept.28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data Radio Netherlands - 3 hours ago The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ... US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data AFP - 3 hours ago The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ... Suffice to say, the Romney ransom is bringing attention the likes of which Bitcoin has never seen. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dancupid on September 06, 2012, 12:08:48 PM The Washington post is also covering this though they don;t mention Bitcoin by name
"An anonymous letter sent to Romney’s accounting firm and political offices in Tennessee and published online sought $1 million in hard-to-trace Internet currency to prevent the disclosure of his tax filings, which have emerged as a key focus during the 2012 presidential race" http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-investigates-reported-theft-of-romney-tax-files-1-million-extortion-threat/2012/09/05/b092b3b0-f7a0-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html We also now have a new abbreviation for crypto currency - H2T money. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cbeast on September 06, 2012, 12:12:29 PM The Washington post is also covering this though they don;t mention Bitcoin by name The money that dare not speak its name. ;Dhard-to-trace Internet currency Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: paraipan on September 06, 2012, 12:21:18 PM The Washington post is also covering this though they don;t mention Bitcoin by name The money that dare not speak its name. ;Dhard-to-trace Internet currency Lol, they could still be trying to figure out if "bitcoin" was a spelling error, give them time Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: istar on September 06, 2012, 01:09:28 PM The Washington post is also covering this though they don;t mention Bitcoin by name "An anonymous letter sent to Romney’s accounting firm and political offices in Tennessee and published online sought $1 million in hard-to-trace Internet currency to prevent the disclosure of his tax filings, which have emerged as a key focus during the 2012 presidential race" http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-investigates-reported-theft-of-romney-tax-files-1-million-extortion-threat/2012/09/05/b092b3b0-f7a0-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html We also now have a new abbreviation for crypto currency - H2T money. Whenever Bitcoin is not mentioned, suspect and investigate corruption. Bitcoin clearly reveals where banking - media have friends or ownership and work together to corrupt. Banks are the only one who have things to lose on Bitcoin getting known. Bitcoin appears to be a part of this story since there are two adresses. The company that oversee the libor interest rate together with BBA is Thomson Reuters, same company who owns the worlds largest news company, Reuters. So people on the worlds largest news company, probably new the interestrate was manipulated. Barcleys now resigning CEO Marcus Agius is also a boardmember in nothing less than one of the worlds biggest state owned TV companies BBC. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Grouver (BtcBalance) on September 06, 2012, 01:52:48 PM I like the part where some mainstream news websites (wich are in the back pockets of the banks) are trying not to mention Bitcoin.
Look at this post.. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html According to CNN they just only want 1 Million dollars. Edit: oh they editted the post. =/ Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 02:03:25 PM They're scared of the Streisand Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 02:25:08 PM The Washington post is also covering this though they don;t mention Bitcoin by name The money that they dare not speak its name. ;Dhard-to-trace Internet currency Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 02:31:41 PM I like the part where some mainstream news websites (wich are in the back pockets of the banks) are trying not to mention Bitcoin. Look at this post.. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html According to CNN they just only want 1 Million dollars. Edit: oh they editted the post. =/ yeah, i first noticed that late yesterday, like a switch was flipped somewhere. we should keep track to see if this is a trend and by which news outlets. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: markm on September 06, 2012, 04:38:13 PM It says bitcoins plainly now:
Quote The group demands $1 million worth of the online currency Bitcoins. It also says that people who want the documents released can send money as well, and whichever side sends $1 million first will win. Bitcoin is a digital currency not overseen by any government or bank. Various merchants accept the currency for goods and services. -MarkM- Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: istar on September 06, 2012, 05:11:00 PM This also shows clearly that a Presidentail candidate should not have things he want to keep under the carpet.
What would had happened if a evil group where to use this after he was a president to push him in certain directions? Title: Re: Evidence? Post by: alexanderanon on September 06, 2012, 05:26:45 PM How's this for hoax? https://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2003.pdf Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ForceField on September 06, 2012, 07:09:35 PM Look at this post.. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html According to CNN they just only want 1 Million dollars. Edit: oh they editted the post. =/ CNN just broadcasted the story on live television. Bitcoins have now been mentioned on one of the most popular tv channels. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: 556j on September 06, 2012, 07:10:24 PM That's a fairly respectable edit. More or less all these articles are calling bitcoin a currency, doubt they realise how much legitimacy they're adding to public awareness with that :) Also on the CNN tv channel right now. They mention bitcoins a few times. They call it a digital internet currency. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on September 06, 2012, 07:10:48 PM That's a fairly respectable edit. More or less all these articles are calling bitcoin a currency, doubt they realise how much legitimacy they're adding to public awareness with that :) Also on the CNN tv channel right now. They mention bitocins a few times. They call it a digital internet currency. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: iCEBREAKER on September 06, 2012, 07:38:11 PM [PROPOSAL]
Mittcoin: a btc fork backed by the value of keeping Romney's tax returns secret. Romney must control 51% of the network for the docs to remain encrypted in the blockchain. BarryCoin: Same thing, using Obama's foreign Muslim student transcripts. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 06, 2012, 08:14:12 PM Also on the CNN tv channel right now. They mention bitcoins a few times. They call it a digital internet currency. http://idata.over-blog.com/4/01/91/61/champagne.gif Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tpantlik on September 06, 2012, 08:21:44 PM That's a fairly respectable edit. More or less all these articles are calling bitcoin a currency, doubt they realise how much legitimacy they're adding to public awareness with that :) Also on the CNN tv channel right now. They mention bitcoins a few times. They call it a digital internet currency. WOW! The cat is out of the bag. Was it intentional to promote Bitcoin? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: HostFat on September 06, 2012, 08:28:48 PM did someone recorded it? :)
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ElectricMucus on September 06, 2012, 08:34:05 PM They're scared of the Streisand Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect They already invoked it by them omitting that the radnsom has to be paid in BTC in their initial reports. By editing it in they are invoking it because others will omit it on later reports, and so on. That's exactly how this works. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: paraipan on September 06, 2012, 08:35:06 PM That's a fairly respectable edit. More or less all these articles are calling bitcoin a currency, doubt they realise how much legitimacy they're adding to public awareness with that :) Also on the CNN tv channel right now. They mention bitcoins a few times. They call it a digital internet currency. WOW! The cat is out of the bag. Was it intentional to promote Bitcoin? We will never know, but let's bring the popcorn, this will get interesting http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9nmxCN7Apo/T9J1ZcbindI/AAAAAAAAWhc/_QAfbmvxiOM/s400/popcorn.jpg Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Melbustus on September 06, 2012, 08:51:04 PM From the end of the CNN article (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html):
Quote Jeff Garzik, listed on the Bitcoin website as part of its development team, told CNN the "consensus among the Bitcoin chattering class appears to be that this is a hoax." He cited an online forum in which many users express that view. The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger." "It seems unlikely that thieves would make so public a heist, with law enforcement so likely to watch the block chain and associated Bitcoin exchanges," he said. "Bitcoin" is actually mentioned quite a bit in that article... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: World on September 06, 2012, 09:03:11 PM Now imagine they vote with bitcoin instead of sms for x factor and whatever got talent etc... geez I need to patent it, lol. Miss World, Miss UniverseTitle: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Technomage on September 06, 2012, 09:04:59 PM From the end of the CNN article (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html): Quote Jeff Garzik, listed on the Bitcoin website as part of its development team, told CNN the "consensus among the Bitcoin chattering class appears to be that this is a hoax." He cited an online forum in which many users express that view. The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger." "It seems unlikely that thieves would make so public a heist, with law enforcement so likely to watch the block chain and associated Bitcoin exchanges," he said. "Bitcoin" is actually mentioned quite a bit in that article... Clicked that link. Skimmed the article, noticed multiple paragraphs on Bitcoin. Checked the comments. Noticed that there are almost 4000 comments. I'm literally rolling on the floor here, OMFG!!! There has never ever been a Bitcoin related article that is this big... this is HUGE. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on September 06, 2012, 09:18:12 PM From the end of the CNN article (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html): Quote Jeff Garzik, listed on the Bitcoin website as part of its development team, told CNN the "consensus among the Bitcoin chattering class appears to be that this is a hoax." He cited an online forum in which many users express that view. The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger." "It seems unlikely that thieves would make so public a heist, with law enforcement so likely to watch the block chain and associated Bitcoin exchanges," he said. "Bitcoin" is actually mentioned quite a bit in that article... Clicked that link. Skimmed the article, noticed multiple paragraphs on Bitcoin. Checked the comments. Noticed that there are almost 4000 comments. I'm literally rolling on the floor here, OMFG!!! There has never ever been a Bitcoin related article that is this big... this is HUGE. I saw the same thing and was like holyy shiit! lol 3830 comments Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Melbustus on September 06, 2012, 09:19:52 PM From the end of the CNN article (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/politics/romney-tax-threat/index.html): Quote Jeff Garzik, listed on the Bitcoin website as part of its development team, told CNN the "consensus among the Bitcoin chattering class appears to be that this is a hoax." He cited an online forum in which many users express that view. The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger." "It seems unlikely that thieves would make so public a heist, with law enforcement so likely to watch the block chain and associated Bitcoin exchanges," he said. "Bitcoin" is actually mentioned quite a bit in that article... Clicked that link. Skimmed the article, noticed multiple paragraphs on Bitcoin. Checked the comments. Noticed that there are almost 4000 comments. I'm literally rolling on the floor here, OMFG!!! There has never ever been a Bitcoin related article that is this big... this is HUGE. Yeah, and especially because the couple sentences summarizing bitcoin were actually accurate, for once. And I *love* that they even noted that various merchants accept it: Quote Bitcoin is a digital currency not overseen by any government or bank. Various merchants accept the currency for goods and services. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: BkkCoins on September 06, 2012, 09:23:07 PM Except none of the comments I browsed were commenting on Bitcoin. They are all centered on Obama vs Romney releasing more/less tax returns.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Akka on September 06, 2012, 09:26:14 PM Isn't that the right moment to do some advertising?
Doesn't anyone have an account there? Or would this be contraproductive? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 09:27:33 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger.""
I know Jeff knows better. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 09:30:15 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger."" I know Jeff knows better. Why does Jeff keep saying this when Silk Road has proven that law enforcement cannot trace tumbled coins? ??? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Melbustus on September 06, 2012, 09:32:57 PM Except none of the comments I browsed were commenting on Bitcoin. They are all centered on Obama vs Romney releasing more/less tax returns. Click the "load more comments" button at the bottom a bunch of times and then search the page for "bitcoin". There are a bunch of mentions in the comments, though unfortunately, most are pretty ignorant and stupid. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: smoothie on September 06, 2012, 09:33:20 PM Wow. Gavin said there would be a big announcement in September. I gotta admit, though, I didn't think he had it in him. ROFL! ;D Yeah no kidding lol! Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 09:34:52 PM Wow. Gavin said there would be a big announcement in September. I gotta admit, though, I didn't think he had it in him. ROFL! ;D Yeah no kidding lol! you need to add one more reason to your sig: London Bitcoin Conference coming up. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: paraipan on September 06, 2012, 09:36:27 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger."" I know Jeff knows better. Why does Jeff keep saying this when Silk Road has proven that law enforcement cannot trace tumbled coins? ??? Because he knows better, got it ::) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ribuck on September 06, 2012, 09:37:53 PM Not only is this a big mention for Bitcoin, it's also probably the first time Pastebin has made it to the mainstream media :)
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 09:42:05 PM Not only is this a big mention for Bitcoin, it's also probably the first time Pastebin has made it to the mainstream media :) I notice that Pastebin has not taken down the ransom notices. Hmm, I wonder why. Could it be that they are getting a massive number of hits off those notices? Perhaps the ransomer should be receiving profit sharing on the ad revenue. :D Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Akka on September 06, 2012, 09:42:53 PM Not only is this a big mention for Bitcoin, it's also probably the first time Pastebin has made it to the mainstream media :) Huray for Pastebin. Hopefully it will now not be viewed as evil hacker webside. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 09:42:58 PM maybe when Obama debates Romney we can get a stage banner with Bitcoin on it?
oh, better yet; put the Bitcoin Seal on both podiums. :D Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: repentance on September 06, 2012, 09:44:37 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger."" I know Jeff knows better. Why does Jeff keep saying this when Silk Road has proven that law enforcement cannot trace tumbled coins? ??? It would be insanely stupid to publicly say that ransoms paid in BTC could never be traced. It's also technically untrue. The BTC can be traced - they don't ever disappear from the blockchain. It's tying them to real world transactions and identities which can be difficult. Just as delivery creates a point of vulnerability in the SR system, exchanging large amounts of BTC for cash or stuff also creates a vulnerability in illicit BTC transactions. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tpantlik on September 06, 2012, 09:45:43 PM Not only is this a big mention for Bitcoin, it's also probably the first time Pastebin has made it to the mainstream media :) Fail, if they use bitbin.it they will probably get more coins. ::)Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 09:48:19 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger."" I know Jeff knows better. Why does Jeff keep saying this when Silk Road has proven that law enforcement cannot trace tumbled coins? ??? It would be insanely stupid to publicly say that ransoms paid in BTC could never be traced. It's also technically untrue. The BTC can be traced - they don't ever disappear from the blockchain. It's tying them to real world transactions and identities which can be difficult. Just as delivery creates a point of vulnerability in the SR system, exchanging large amounts of BTC for cash or stuff also creates a vulnerability in illicit BTC transactions. If someone knows what they are doing, it would be near impossible to tie the coins to a person or physical location. First you tumble the coins through certain pooled accounts on Bitcoin based sites. Then, you sell the coins locally for cash, a small amount at a time. Granted, doing this with $1 million worth of coins is going to be a bit more challenging, but time would be be on the side of the 'hacker'. They could do it over weeks, months, years. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 06, 2012, 09:52:39 PM "The currency is traceable, even if users go by pseudonyms, Garzik said. Every transaction is stored in a "block chain," which he compares to "a public ledger."" I know Jeff knows better. Why does Jeff keep saying this when Silk Road has proven that law enforcement cannot trace tumbled coins? ??? It would be insanely stupid to publicly say that ransoms paid in BTC could never be traced. It's also technically untrue. The BTC can be traced - they don't ever disappear from the blockchain. It's tying them to real world transactions and identities which can be difficult. Just as delivery creates a point of vulnerability in the SR system, exchanging large amounts of BTC for cash or stuff also creates a vulnerability in illicit BTC transactions. If someone knows what they are doing, it would be near impossible to tie the coins to a person or physical location. First you tumble the coins through certain pooled accounts on Bitcoin based sites. Then, you sell the coins locally for cash, a small amount at a time. Granted, doing this with $1 million worth of coins is going to be a bit more challenging, but time would be be on the side of the 'hacker'. They could do it over weeks, months, years. Yes but you would need big pooled account hidden as tor services or equivalent. If you do it with known pooled accounts, pretty sure SS will give them a visit quite fast. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: HostFat on September 06, 2012, 09:57:46 PM It's coming also on italian news, but they are all cutting the "bitcoin" word. It doesn't appear anywhere ;)
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 09:59:22 PM Yes but you would need big pooled account hidden as tor services or equivalent. If you do it with known pooled accounts, pretty sure SS will give them a visit quite fast. Silk Road is pretty big and I don't think they will be visiting Silk Road because they can't find where it is physically located. Put the coins in Silk Road, pull them back out little by little. You will blend in with all the other small time drug dealers operating on there. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:05:18 PM tomorrow we should see the explosion:
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin&date=mtd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: FreeMoney on September 06, 2012, 10:06:13 PM tomorrow we should see the explosion: http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin&date=mtd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N Chart looks 2 days lagged. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: herzmeister on September 06, 2012, 10:09:05 PM No mention of Bitcoin in the German articles either:
http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/us-wahl/secret-service-ermittelt-unbekannter-erpresst-romney-mit-geklauten-steuerdaten_aid_814166.html They mention pastebin but not Bitcoin. ::) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: labestiol on September 06, 2012, 10:20:21 PM Yes but you would need big pooled account hidden as tor services or equivalent. If you do it with known pooled accounts, pretty sure SS will give them a visit quite fast. Silk Road is pretty big and I don't think they will be visiting Silk Road because they can't find where it is physically located. Put the coins in Silk Road, pull them back out little by little. You will blend in with all the other small time drug dealers operating on there. Agreed, that's the biggest pooled account operating as a tor service (that I know of). Though to be correct, they theoretically could locate it, but they would need to control a big part of the tor network (please someone correct me if I'm wrong) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: pkdchqbb on September 06, 2012, 10:20:33 PM No information at all in Poland press. Only ONE article in hax0r blog.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:33:14 PM i wonder if this whole Romney Effect is one of Voorhees marketing campaigns? ;)
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Technomage on September 06, 2012, 10:37:39 PM i wonder if this whole Romney Effect is one of Voorhees marketing campaigns? ;) I don't know who it is but to be honest it smells like a Bitcoin marketing campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Then again, it could be for real. Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:38:53 PM i wonder if this whole Romney Effect is one of Voorhees marketing campaigns? ;) I don't know who it is but to be honest it smells like a Bitcoin marketing campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Then again, it could be for real. Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. a high risk one at that; hand delivering 2 USB drives to the Rep and Dem offices. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: SgtSpike on September 06, 2012, 10:39:11 PM i wonder if this whole Romney Effect is one of Voorhees marketing campaigns? ;) I don't know who it is but to be honest it smells like a Bitcoin marketing campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Then again, it could be for real. Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Bitobsessed on September 06, 2012, 10:39:31 PM Um...the chart updated!!
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 10:41:27 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 10:42:09 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) Wow nice spike... hope the same thing happens on Gox! Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: thebaron on September 06, 2012, 10:42:36 PM Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. 100k would be a lot to launder, though. Talk about the most tainted BTC address in existence... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: justusranvier on September 06, 2012, 10:43:04 PM Felony blackmail threats against a presidential candidate are a little bigger than a mere marketing campaign.
Somebody went and hand delivered packages to office buildings, at the risk of leaving being identified due to residual DNA/fingerprints as well as possibly being captured on a surveilance camera. To do something that risky for a prank would be incredibly idiotic. Then again people gave Pirate their money so I suppose anything's possible. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 10:43:12 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Hahaha +1 Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 10:44:29 PM Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. 100k would be a lot to launder, though. Talk about the most tainted BTC address in existence... Do you mean a Million? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: dissipate on September 06, 2012, 10:45:18 PM Felony blackmail threats against a presidential candidate are a little bigger than a mere marketing campaign. Somebody went and hand delivered packages to office buildings, at the risk of leaving being identified due to residual DNA/fingerprints as well as possibly being captured on a surveilance camera. To do something that risky for a prank would be incredibly idiotic. Then again people gave Pirate their money so I suppose anything's possible. From the way the notes were written, the individual(s) involved don't seem like the brightest bulbs... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: thebaron on September 06, 2012, 10:46:33 PM Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. 100k would be a lot to launder, though. Talk about the most tainted BTC address in existence... Do you mean a Million? I forgot the demand was stated in USD, not BTC. Still, it's a lot to try and get rid of without getting caught. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Shadow383 on September 06, 2012, 10:47:18 PM Um...the chart updated!! Bitcoin: Big in Finlandhttp://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: nimda on September 06, 2012, 10:47:22 PM Bitcoins are, after all, perfect for ransom money. 100k would be a lot to launder, though. Talk about the most tainted BTC address in existence... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: paraipan on September 06, 2012, 10:49:30 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Hahaha +1 Woot, wait for me guys ;D Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:49:49 PM Felony blackmail threats against a presidential candidate are a little bigger than a mere marketing campaign. Somebody went and hand delivered packages to office buildings, at the risk of leaving being identified due to residual DNA/fingerprints as well as possibly being captured on a surveilance camera. To do something that risky for a prank would be incredibly idiotic. Then again people gave Pirate their money so I suppose anything's possible. From the way the notes were written, the individual(s) involved don't seem like the brightest bulbs... probably disinformation; "learders"? come on. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 10:50:47 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Hahaha +1 Woot, wait for me guys ;D Woop Woop :D +1 again!! Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:51:49 PM probably a bunch of Secret Service guys saying "what the hell is this? buy, buy, buy!" :D
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: cypherdoc on September 06, 2012, 10:52:26 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Hahaha +1 Woot, wait for me guys ;D Woop Woop :D +1 again!! hey, aren't you the negative one from yesterday? Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Chang Hum on September 06, 2012, 10:55:41 PM Um...the chart updated!! http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0 (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0) BUY BUY BUY! Hahaha +1 Woot, wait for me guys ;D Woop Woop :D +1 again!! hey, aren't you the negative one from yesterday? Yeah, got a slightly more positive opinion because bitcoin hasn't been completely demonized and looking forwardg to cashing out some coins on a short term bubble. TBH just spamming a little bit to see if I get an extra coin by name when I hit 100 posts Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: iCEBREAKER on September 06, 2012, 11:18:56 PM tomorrow we should see the explosion: http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin&date=mtd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N We're seeing liftoff today. Stage 2 starts when newb funds make their way into the exchanges. Stage 3 happens when Greece dumps the Euro and we leave Earth orbit, bound for the moon! https://i.imgur.com/mGI9U.jpg Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Melbustus on September 06, 2012, 11:41:14 PM We're seeing liftoff today. You're welcome. Just converted the rest of my Gox fiat to BTC. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Akka on September 07, 2012, 05:03:00 AM tomorrow we should see the explosion: http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=bitcoin&date=mtd&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N Funny how google links the A with "Bitcoin exchange shuts after heist". Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: tpantlik on September 07, 2012, 06:50:10 AM No information at all in Poland press. Only ONE article in hax0r blog. Czech media too, I can't even find anything about "Romney", did he exist outside of USA? :D Searching for bitcoin is full of Bitfloor and "Bitcoin in trouble" >:( Those "jurnalists"... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Grouver (BtcBalance) on September 07, 2012, 07:26:23 AM Also no news in the netherlands.
I also tipped a couple of mainstream dutch news websites. They emailed me back and said they don't post it cause they doubt if it's a hoax/scam or not. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Technomage on September 07, 2012, 09:31:29 AM They emailed me back and said they don't post it cause they doubt if it's a hoax/scam or not. What? Obviously it's in doubt if it's real or not. But it's a real story nonetheless, which is on CNN. Journalists... Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: bitcoinbear on September 07, 2012, 01:05:59 PM They emailed me back and said they don't post it cause they doubt if it's a hoax/scam or not. What? Obviously it's in doubt if it's real or not. But it's a real story nonetheless, which is on CNN. Journalists... Hacker has Romney's tax returns: maybe, possibly hoax. Hacker asks Romney or Obama to send him bitcoins to withold/release tax return he might have: fact. So it is a fact that somebody is trying to use bitcoins to scam Romney/Obama/anybody interested in the tax returns. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: ElectricMucus on September 07, 2012, 01:20:25 PM They emailed me back and said they don't post it cause they doubt if it's a hoax/scam or not. What? Obviously it's in doubt if it's real or not. But it's a real story nonetheless, which is on CNN. Journalists... Hacker has Romney's tax returns: maybe, possibly hoax. Hacker asks Romney or Obama to send him bitcoins to withold/release tax return he might have: fact. So it is a fact that somebody is trying to use bitcoins to scam Romney/Obama/anybody interested in the tax returns. I'm pretty sure I can come up with a Conspiracy Theory to dispute that: .... How about this is actually bitinstant trying to get attention to it's business and bitcoin, They hold no hope to ever see those mil usd worth of btc but have received alot of coins from somebody and looking to get a really good markup price. ;D Also this ties in with the secret September announcement and possible the manipulator. Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Isepick on September 07, 2012, 11:38:48 PM Wow, Pirate will do anything to get the coins he owes to everyone.
Title: Re: The Entire World Just Found Out about Bitcoin! Post by: Akka on September 09, 2012, 08:23:15 PM German Newspaper Spiegel Online at least mentions bitcoin on a side note: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/larry-flynt-pornolegende-bietet-million-fuer-romneys-steuerdaten-a-854754.html
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