But what if the core group of developers were Tom Williams, and they used Bruce Wagner as the rube for the marketing arm?

Although I was raised in a Dutch community in Indiana and took Spanish in high school, I don't think I would be up to this task. You could ask Psytoshi if he knows anybody.

Interesting!

I wonder if there's an example of some product or service that came into vogue, and later finding out that its roots were not as what was originally presented, maybe with the marketing arm being behind the entire thing from the get-go.

A little mystery goes a long way.



A lot of mystery goes a lot further.

Gosh, Wally, I thought you were Joshin'.

Dank's first concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxh8PikxBB4

Try changing your theme. It doesn't work in default.

Just deleted GreyHawk's post.

Looking at that address on BlockChain, I'm thinking that the majority of it came from Bruce and Ed, and that one meal for the two NPR guys who got their coins from MyBitcoin. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=137795648&m=137803856

Upon revisiting the podcast, something struck me as odd. Jacob and David are instructed by Bruce to go over to the two computers. Bruce sits at one, while Jacob and David are instructed to bring up MyBitcoin (mybitcoin.com). When they do, they learn that the last person setting there forgot to log out, and notice a $400K+ USD account. Bruce said it wasn't his, that it belonged to the guy who sat their last. Later that day is when MyBitcoin was hacked.

Here's my question. How many of you reading this would forget to log out on a computer that belonged to somebody else, given that if you didn't, you may loose everything you have in some financial institute account? For that matter, even if you never forget to log out, who in their right mind would view their personal financial records on somebody else's computer?

Even before Bitcoin, we all knew how foolish such an act would be, hence learning to never do it. I'm curious on how much Meze Grill entrusted Bruce with, perhaps to invest in Bitcoin.

Is there an official New York government website one could go to and search pending litigation? I have a hunch (rhymes with lunch).

~Bruno K~

Just thought I'll share with you what Bitcoin 100 would expect if you accepted our offer.

Source:  http://bitcointhedocumentary.org/wordpress/?page_id=32

PRIORITY AD SPACE ON SITE: Just one clickable link would suffice.

OWN LOGO ON FRONT PAGE: Not important, but may take you up on the offer.

HALL OF FAME: Not sure what this curtails, but probably won't need it.

THANK-YOU DVD & FULL MOVIE: We'll pass on this, opting to pay for it.

LOGO IN DVD-BOOKLET: Might be interested in this, but no big deal.

MENTION IN CREDITS: Text only will be fine.

SPECIAL THANKS IN CREDITS: Again, text only will be fine.

MENTION BY DIRECTOR IN EVERY INTERVIEW: Only if you wish, but won't be offended if you don't, even if it's the majority of the time.

You can even leave us out of the contest, thus distributing prizes to any of the other donators. I'm not sure if this was ever a concern on your part while thinking about accepting our challenge.

Unless I'm mistaken, I'm the only one offering to donate $10K-$20K USD through Bitcoin 100, in essence surpassing your initial goal of $13K USD.

Once you say the word GO, I'll even start and man a thread to help you reach the ten non-profits goal within 90 days max.

~Bruno K~

You're Joshin' me, right?

Sounds to me like your place would be a perfect candidate for placement of one of those new Bitcoin ATM machines.

~Bruno K~

I assume you're still mullin' over my ~$10,000 USD donation offer.

Don't make me sweeten the offer, for I can do that also.

<thinking out loud> What if I got 5-10 venerable bitcoiners who own viable sites to pledge $500 each each provided you accomplish the task I laid out in X days?

That's another potential $5,000 USD, maybe more.

I'm doing the best I can to help fund this endeavor of yours, short of writing the damn check myself.

<still thinking out loud> Tentative example: If Team Bitcoin Documentary got 10 NPO/NGOs to embed Bitcoin Accepted Here buttons onto their respective websites, and no less than 10 venerable Bitcoin entities pledge $500 each if task is completed, then The Bitcoin Foundation will donated $1,000 USD, provided said criteria was met.

Guys, I'm doin' the best I can to get $20,000 USD in your hands ASAP to help bring this project to fruition.

I'm pretty sure this would be the first documentary ever funded mainly via the giving away of money opposed to the beggin' for donations method.

Currently, Bitcoin 100 has $20,000+ USD in our coffer, and over half of it can becomes yours.

~Bruno K~

From the photo, I could see why Bruce and Ed loved visiting the place so much.

I just sent you the coins I had set aside for jsmithers for placing in my T-shirt bounty contest. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think the app was far-out. 

 

Boy, is he slippin'!

So please watch your fuckin' manners. We have guest.

Seriously, that blows me away. I've been watching it creep up the past couple days. Is there something going on that I'm missing?

Another stat when you search Bitcoin in Google news. It wasn't that long ago you would only get a very small handful for the past 30 days. Now:

I used to set up at the Lakewood Flea Market in Atlanta next to this guy who became an instant expect on everything once some mundane fact was brought to his attention.

During one show, I thought I would have a little fun at his expense knowing that I would get three days of entertainment value from it, considering he was within earshot of my booth.

He would always bark at the customers if they so much as look at a piece in his booth longer than two seconds.

On day one, he placed toward the front of his booth a handsome Art Deco piece, but priced way too high. I walked up to the piece, picked it up, then studied it, and was surprised he didn't bark at me as he would always do, no matter who the person was. He just watched me. I then asked of him if he knew what he had here. He stood still like a mountain waiting for me to tell him. So I did.

Paraphrased, I said, "What you have here is an Eastlake vase, probably one only about 30,000 produced by the famous Thomas Eastlake, making it a limited edition. You're price looks pretty good, but I would have to double check the price on the internet later."

He immediately said, "I know! I know! I haven't changed the ticket yet. That's the price I paid for it." Amazingly, the guy he brought it from used the same tickets and penning style as his to price the item.

He took the item from me, removing the tag, then placed a new tag on it that was exactly the same kind, and increased the price three fold. I couldn't wait for the fun to start.

Sure enough, within 30 minutes a well-dressed woman walked up to the vase, which now sat on a table by its lonesome at the very front of the booth. She was just approaching it when he barked out virtually all I just told him earlier. She looked at the tag, then turned and walked away. Since she was facing my direction, I saw her roll her eyes.

As she was clearly leaving his booth, he continued to bark at her, even lowering his price, and asking her to make an offer. During the course of the show, I did overhear two people dispute his Eastlake claim, correcting him that it's an Art Deco vase. He didn't want to hear that, for he knew the truth. Besides, he told one them, it's a limited edition. Only 20,000 made, purposely knowing it was a lie, for in his mind the truth was 30K.

Needless to say, at the end of the show he still had it, and even asked me if I wanted to buy at a lower price than the original one. I told him I couldn't because I had a bad show, even though things flew out of my booth and he could clearly see that I had considerably a lot less inventory than when I sat up.

Sorry for the somewhat aside, but this post, and a post above it a tad, somehow reminded me of this story.

~Bruno K~

You're slipping! You missed an opportunity to coin a new word. Care to play again?

That's a fine explanation I can live with. Thanks, bud.

~Bruno K~

Let me see if I have this correct. The liquidated funds are now worth more now than when they were first stored at Mt. Gox, and the the owner of Mt. Gox is a member of TBF.

The funds were stored at Mt. Gox in good faith, yet...

From this day forward, I demand from Mt. Gox prove that these funds have not been touched.

Is there any way an audit can be done in regard to this situation? I'm not versed in how this can be accomplished, but I'm sure others here have an idea.

The way I'm looking at it is that if all the funds were released today, everybody would get back about what they lost, and maybe more.

We have no proof that Mt. Gox is not using said funds, so until that proof is given, I'm going on record and stating that they are floating (or whatever the proper term is) the funds for their everyday operation.

Please forgive me, all and MG, for I don't have the red-ass toward them, but I am sticking it up their ass on this one issue alone.

~Bruno K~