Well, they should just consolidate it into only one. Even the pic they took in Las Vegas was deleted :/
Don't tell me nobody remembered to save it offline? I have it on another computer that I'll be able to access in a few days, if no one has it saved (which I doubt, btw. Goat -- yours doesn't count  ) I'll post it here. There was also another one with pirateat40's face (better quality). |
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Well, Pirate did say his plan was so simple that people will kick themselves for not doing it too... (anyone remember where that quote was?)
I remember that too. But are not pyramid schemes simple to design? Especially once one has acquired some reputation amongst potential 'investors'. |
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So I don't have a bone in BTCST or any of the bets around it, but I have a bit of time and a little bit of a mathematics background (undergrad degree in math), and am really curious to figure out exactly how many BTC were invested with pirateat40... has anyone linked (or could anyone share) the transactions of their investments with him? I heard the claim that he's the owner of the largest bitcoin account account [1]. Does anyone know of evidence to support it? 1. https://blockchain.info/address/1DkyBEKt5S2GDtv7aQw6rQepAvnsRyHoYMHe said on IRC that he doesn't have the coins. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101339.msg1135573#msg1135573"If I had all the coins just sitting around I would've has this wrapped up a long time ago." |
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At least lift or reduce the limitation for reports to moderators, it's especially annoying when there's multiple posts.
That would make it very easy to flood Mods and admins emails with countless reports. But I agree, it's a bit annoying on the situation you described. Would it be possible then to lift this limit (along with other limits) for 'trusted' accounts (for ex. people with over 500 posts and >12mo on the forum or something along those lines - with a possibility to blacklist such a person in a rare case of abuse)? |
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At least lift or reduce the limitation for reports to moderators, it's especially annoying when there's multiple posts.
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He's ruined on this forum/community if he doesn't.
Not only in this community but also IRL, AFAIK people know his identity and more or less where he lives. I wonder what has gone wrong or was he really that stupid to run a ponzi scheme? I will retract my words if it proves to be otherwise but so far it seems there is little doubt that it's a pyramid. |
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I see people mentioning it is difficult, is International Baccalaureate Higher Level Mathematics enough?
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Why so much secrecy and not announce this enigmatic 'project' straight away?  |
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I tried looking for him awhile back, then just gave up. Just a few minutes ago, I stumbled across a major clue that everyone seems to have overlooked. Now that I know who it is, I want to get some opinions from you guys:
He's put a great deal of time into hiding his identity. Even though some of us want to know who he is, he wouldn't be safe anymore. Governments and whatever the hell might want to take him out, or something to ruin Bitcoin. I mean, that's why he's been hiding, right?
Would it be wrong of me to disclose who he is? I guess I can't give clues either. Actually, not really sure why I'm starting this thread. Just kinda excited that I found him.
So what do I do? Just keep my mouth shut?
Why would you not disclose who it is? He would be as safe as the rest of the bitcoin dev crew, they are not (at least those that I can recall) hiding their identities and none of them were so far kidnapped / tortured. And with what degree of certainty can you state that you know who Satoshi is? Maybe he is more clever than you and envisaged such a possibility that people will try hard to find out his identity and left some false leads?  |
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Here's a post I made a bit ago:
When I first joined #bitcoin-otc, I did a crapton of trading. I did a bunch of moneypaks to btc and back. Basically, playing market maker for whomever needed to move. Pirate joined around the same time as me, a few days earlier if I'm not mistaken. He was doing much the same thing. As a result, it was inevitable for us to end up trading. At various times, we each would come up with some big fish (or so it seemed at the time) and would help each other out with sourcing coins or finding coins good homes. All of these trades were always online, with random people that would join #bitcoin-otc. Eventually, pirate had some 'IRL' customers and it seemed they were larger than your typical moneypak transactions. Eventually, I got into mining rather than trading because of a few bad moneypaks that someone screwed me with. It seemed safer and less time intensive. Meanwhile, pirate seemed to be branching out his trading and there were times where he needed to borrow coins. When trading, you'd tried to line up the incoming with the outgoing to minimize exchange risk and maximize profit, but then sometimes things go weird with one side or whatever and a person would end up needing to borrow. It happened to me at times in the past so I didn't think anything of it to loan out. Time went on, the lending became more regular and one thing leads to another and we end up here. Pirate never really told me what he was doing but I felt I had a good grasp of what was going on. The dip in and out of two transactions could make 10% pretty easy (5% on both sides, sometimes much more than that) so 7% actually seemed fair.
Even in the long-term and with such a huge volume?? |
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love this one  |
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since when has pirate had op privileges on #bitcoin-otc
I guess he has enough bitcoins to bribe himself in  |
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Seems to me that if Pirate actually intended to pay back lenders that he would be buying up all of these below face value debts.
For example, lets say you have 10,000 BTC of pirate debt that you are willing sell for 6,000 BTC. If I was pirate, I would buy that debt for 6,000 BTC and make a 4,000 BTC "profit" instantly since that is 4,000 BTC that I no longer have to pay back.
The fact that he isn't buying up all these below face value debts himself tells me that either he is not interested in making free money (unlikely) or he has no intention to pay back.
What would stop pirate from doing this if he intends to pay back? (I understand he wouldn't use his identity for that because some would probably object but it's doable) |
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I can't believe what I am reading. 79 mph (126.5 kph) and 'pretty damn fast'? lol Love that part too: Another disclaimer: Aside from travel on the interstate up to Duluth one year, that is the FASTEST I have ever gone for more than a second or two when I redline my engine...
Typical speeding for me consists of maybe 8-12 over, but usually closer to 8 than 12. My speedo also over-reports my speed by about ~2%, so I really have no clue exactly HOW much over I'm going when I dip up and down.
This morning, I was REALLY late to work and that was the reason for the speedin'.
I didn't expect the land of the muscle cars to be so harsh on public roads' speed limits. If the driving conditions are safe I don't even see problems in driving 120 mph in the center of a city (although there might not be many possibilities, I can often drive at ~80 mph and much more on highways). |
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You should add in-between options.
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If you had thousands of dollars in bitcoin, would you trust MtGox to hold it or would you move most of the bitcoins to offline wallets?
Keep in offline wallets, ofc. MtGox was already hacked, there is a veeeery little possibility that I get hacked too, there are often problems with sending or withdrawing money on MtGox (a not only there, some banks and payment processors don't like bitcoin) - too high of a probability to risk. |
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Keeping, I think the price will increase in the next 2-3 days.
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jp morgan, the original inventors of "project satoshi" will be taking over the project and acquiring bfl labs (but don't worry, refunding all the funds from pre-sales, .. in dollars though, at the prices quoted when prepayment was sent).
I got scared when I read that first lol |
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