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Title: To the hackers and thieves Post by: Sandoz on June 20, 2011, 07:27:13 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back.
Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: dayfall on June 20, 2011, 07:36:22 PM Perhaps the thief was Robin Hood and he is going to spread his ill gotten gains to the poor to promote Bitcoin.
Or perhaps ... the other thing. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: bitcola on June 20, 2011, 07:46:48 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: GeniuSxBoY on June 20, 2011, 07:50:00 PM You have to thank this guy for causing such a huge ripple.
He could have milked the account for the rest of his life if he was smart. Greed/Emotions make people do stupid things. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: QuantumMechanic on June 20, 2011, 07:50:37 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Seeing your position's value fluctuate like this is not exactly easy to stomach. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: relative on June 20, 2011, 07:52:52 PM is there a bitcoin business that doesnt convert them to $ immediatly?
when you buy physical stuff that is certainly what happens. Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: Synaptic on June 20, 2011, 07:53:32 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Prophetic, really... Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: Sandoz on June 20, 2011, 07:53:33 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Yes, but those who stole bitcoins are less attached to them. I doubt someone steals to hoard... Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: Bit_Happy on June 20, 2011, 07:53:49 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Somebody's got to take the risk of holding on to these crazy things... And on ~1/2 the recent days we see mild to extreme panic selling. :D Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: QuantumMechanic on June 20, 2011, 08:01:14 PM It's ok, you got your bitcoins... and it's probably too late for the original owner to get them back. Now that you have them, don't sell them for dollars, use them to buy physical stuff. That way you legitimize bitcoins, attract new businesses and make your remaining bitcoins more valuable. If you sell them, you just get less. You could arguably say the same thing to most bitcoin owners who are just hoarders and are hardly spending anything. Prophetic, really... Title: Re: To the hackers and thieves Post by: airdata on June 20, 2011, 08:31:28 PM Dear Hackers,
If you successfully looted thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of btc from mtgox... you obviously could afford to throw a few my way :) |