If a business acquaintance owed me $4000, and I end up in the drunk tank for a few nights, and I use my one phone call to call my mother, and my business acquaintance puts my money in his bank account, and I have no way of communicating with said business acquaintance...  Does that make my business acquaintance a scammer?

I don't know what happened to the BestMixer folks, but what if?  All we can do is ask "what if?"  This whole thread is a big fucking "what if."

Give it a rest, man.  We don't have anywhere near enough information to conclude that Hhampuz scammed anyone, and giving his track record the safe assumption is that he never will.

I've been watching this thread from the beginning, and to be honest I want to believe wwzsocki.  He's not a spammer, he doesn't come off like an account farmer, he contributes to the forum, and all in all I think he's an asset to the German and Polish boards, and the forum community as a whole.  

As a testament to his character; look how he's handled these allegations: He's remained calm, not made any personal attacks against his accusers, taken all the criticism for what it's worth, answered the questions asked, and hasn't lost his composure.

His explanation even seems plausible.  I could see myself using one of my addresses to help out my brother, or a friend (who I've been trying to introduce to crypto) just the help them get started while they are still learning.  The only trouble with his excuse is that many many bounty spamming shitbirds have exhausted it as an excuse.  But wwzsocki isn't exactly a bounty spamming shitbird, now is he?

I don't see any reason not to believe him, and in the big picture, what has he really done to deserve all these red tags?  Theymos himself suggested that giving red-tags for merit abuse isn't a great use of the trust system (I'm paraphrasing because I'm at work and I don't have time to dig for the exact quote.)  Since I see no legitimate reason not to believe him I am leaning towards giving him the benefit of the doubt.

I would much rather see a guy who is suspected of merit abuse go free rather than see an innocent dude labeled with these tags.  Yeah, I see the amount of merit cycling between the two accounts, and it does seem excessive.  The use of the same address is also suspicious but not incriminating.

Now all of you folks that gave wwzsocki and Crypto Mania neg-tags are welcome to use the trust system anyway you choose.  That's what it's there for.  But please do consider your actions and their ramifications.  wwzsocki has just been kicked off his sig campaign, and I can only assume that it was due to this accusation and the related tags.  

For that reason alone, I hope I'm wrong and you guys are right.  It would really suck if you guys are wrong and he still lost his spot on that campaign.

Gather all the evidence you have, documents, bank records, coinbase transactions, screen shots, the Facebook user, everything you can think of, and call the police.  It's a large enough chunk of money that the police will put some effort into it, maybe not much but some.  

If the scammer was dumb he may have made a mistake along the way that would allow the cops to track him down.  If the scammer was smart and covered his tracks carefully, you're not likely to see that money ever again.  

Oh, one last thing:  Move this thread to the Scam Accusations board.  There's a link in lower left-hand part of the page labeled "move topic."

The last time that happened to me I was 19 years old, woke up in the backseat of an old Volvo heading down to San Luis Obispo for a weekend with three pretty girls.  Money wan't my concern, I was just worried I didn't have enough condoms.  

BTW, I think I can trust you enough to loan you a measly $200.

Someone has been spreading malware versions of Electrum for months now.  Just this past Monday there was a newbie who posted a "plea for help" with a link to fake version of 3.3.6.  These are common phishing attempts.

The real version of Electrum gets flagged by some antivirus suites as a false positive.  This issue has been known and recognized for many years.

The only way to insure that you have the real version of the wallet software is download from (and only from) the official website, electrum.org, and check the PGP signature.

Don't be an idiot yourself and rely on what others say.  Be diligent and you'll be safe.

Thanks.  Locking thread.

Hello all,
I've noticed some people have access to a more detailed list of the reports they have made.  Many have mentioned that there is a link on the "report to moderator" page labeled "Your Report History" and I've seen a screen shot of some users' statistic page that has that link.  I seem to be missing this feature.  Does it have to do with my rank, or the lack of reports I've made?

It's not the first project endorsed by the forum.  The very first project endorsed by the forum is an ingenious peer to peer electronic cash system that's been very successful.  You can read about that project here.



All you had to do was ask: https://www.sec.gov/corpfin/framework-investment-contract-analysis-digital-assets

There's already a thread relating to your situation, please stop derailing this one.

That's embarrassing for Sharon, but I'd cut her some slack.  It's obvious English isn't her native language, and we know that many English words can be used in a variety of ways.  In this case it appears she mistook the use of the word "bounty."

As long as you hold to that philosophy I think you'll be alright.  You might even want to be a little more scrutinous since he's your friend.  Think of it as if you're a teacher and your child is one of your students, you wouldn't want to be accused of showing favoritism to your child.  This concern can lead a teacher to be especially hard on his own child, and expect more from him.  You might want to deploy that strategy with your friends.  If his posts are that good, he'll earn merit regardless, and you won't have to concern yourself with this matter.

Like hilariousetc mentioned, many merit abusers will use the "he's my friend" excuse when they are suspected of giving merit to their own alt accounts.  If someone suspects that you are giving merit to an alt, or even just giving excessive merit to your friends it could adversely affect your reputation.

Slightly off topic, but just a bit:
This reminds me of a scenario that unfolded several months ago where a wife was pissed at her husband because he would not give her merit so she could rank up to Jr.  I think it was right after de-rank-gate.  The way that husband handled the situation is commendable, although he may have had to spend a few nights on the couch.

Homer hats are all the rage, he's the Gucci of Bitcointalk.org.

I see lots of hats coming out of the closet.  We look like a bunch of unemployed scribes hanging out at the local cafe.

This is unfortunate news.  The service was great, I will miss it. 

I don't know anything about the management of BitBlender or where it they are based, but I can only imagine this has something to do with same troubles plaguing the folks at BestMixer.

My hope is that BitBlender and other mixing services can find a hospitable location to base their businesses and servers.

I think it's safe to speak for all who participated in this campaign when I say the pleasure was ours.  You've done an great job managing this campaign, and I look forward to our next opportunity to work together.

Thank you, Hhampuz.

Yes, it's obviously CH.  Just look through the post history to see her swooning over CH every time some one makes the connection between the two accounts.

@cryptohunter, congratulations you're the first person ever to make it a whole week on my ignore list without the slightest temptation to peak.  Not even a little.  Life here on the forum is way less polluted as a result.

Very sad indeed.  Not only the loss of a great sig campaign, but also the loss of a great bitcoin blender.  I really liked Bitblender, there were some great features, like the auto withdrawal with multiple addresses and timed, random releases.  It's really too bad, I'll miss the service.

You explained why you think Hhampuz has not received instructions to move the funds.  Perhaps Hhampuz made every attempt to communicate with the BestMixer team here on the forum for tractability, but having the Feds knock on your door changes things.  Maybe they moved communication to an encrypted texting service, we don't know.  I don't know, and you don't know.  All we can do is speculate.  Like I just did.



I can think of reasons why he would move his clients money if the client just had the feds knock on their door.  And since we are now in the business of speculating I think the safe speculation is that Hhapmuz is just as trustworthy with half a bitcoin today as he was on the 21st of May.  Yes, more speculation.  

That's quite a leap.  You've offered no proof the funds have not been returned BestMixer, or that that Hhampuz sent them to his own personal wallet.  You don't know where the money ended up, and apparently that's by design.  BestMixer hired to Hhampuz to escrow their funds, and even if he still has the funds in his possession, that's not a scam, he's doing what he was hired to do.

This whole thread is based on a lot of speculation and wishful thinking.

Bill, stop.  Just stop.

You're making an even bigger cry-baby out of yourself than you did in the previous thread about your tags.  You and nutildah are not the same, your situations aren't the same.  The fact that you bring this up as an example of double standards is laughable.

Nutildah realized he was making a mistake after he had offered to sell his account completely out in the open.  You are still trying to justify your actions taken in secrecy.  

You still haven't admitted why you bought the account, and your explanation that the name of your previous one no longer suited you sounds like a pile of steaming horse shit.

You want to know what the real reason is that nutilidah didn't get tagged and you did?  Honesty.