Please don't cheat by skipping to the end of this post to learnt the GREAT REVEAL, for I've put a lot of work into this post with hopes of Paul Vernon extending me a simple thank you for my efforts.
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Hopefully, I accomplished penning an easy read of laying out the facts and timeline. Please inquire of me if anything needs explaining or expanded upon.
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Source:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/address/17oUqLHwuavYceexZg5XTJW3SWsMTJXuVBefore I go into further detail about the four txs highlighted in the center of the pic above, I'm going take the time to depict something I've found interesting with this address, in which I'll refer to it as Cryptsy's Staging Wallet - not really hot nor cold, where some golden hair gal may opine, "It's just about right!"
Timestamp (GMT) +/- Ending Balance [D]:H:M:S Between Inputs/Outputs2014-09-13 15:53:03 -14. 0. 15:05:30
2014-09-12 21:47:33 +14. 14.
2014-08-30 02:07:55 -8. 0. 04:40:33
2014-08-29 21:27:22 +8. 8.
2014-08-21 11:27:36
-7.16067724 0.
01:02:112014-08-21 10:25:25
+3.05306618 7.16067724
2014-08-21 10:25:25
+4.10761106 4.10761106
2014-08-13 16:47:45 -2.17175017 0. 03:07:33
2014-08-13 13:40:12 +2.17175017 2.17175017
2014-08-12 11:36:29 -10. 0. 02:47:23
2014-08-12 08:49:06 +10. 10.
2014-08-11 20:38:09 -0.1491 0. 00:42:44
2014-08-11 19:55:25 +0.1491 0.1491
2014-08-05 00:48:30 -21.7 0. 02:16:04
2014-08-04 22:32:26 +21.7 21.7
2014-07-29 13:17:36 -1.9998 0. 00:35:06
2014-07-29 12:42:30
+1.9998 1.9998
2014-07-29 08:54:46
-29.98 0.
11:07:012014-07-29 08:54:46
-60. 29.98
[2] 08:07:18 32Hours:07:182014-07-28 21:47:45
+29.98 89.982014-07-27 00:47:28
+60. 60.
Saturday Evening 20:47:28 EDT2014-07-21 16:07:07 -14. 0. 02:31:44
2014-07-21 13:35:23 +14. 14.
2014-07-20 21:52:14 -10. 0. 06:24:54
2014-07-20 15:27:20 +10. 10.
2014-07-18 16:09:20 -10. 0. [1] 00:19:37
2014-07-17 15:49:43 +10. 10.
2014-07-15 17:08:08 -20. 0. 09:17:24
2014-07-15 07:50:44 +20. 20.
2014-07-06 21:36:11 -2.4999 0. 01:47:53
2014-07-06 19:48:18 +2.4999 2.4999
2014-06-29 17:38:00 -40. 0. 01:22:38
2014-06-29 16:15:22 +40. 40.
2014-06-27 20:42:27 -7.9998 0. 01:42:04
2014-06-27 19:00:23 +7.9998 7.9998
2014-06-11 15:17:37
-51. 0.
01:57:012014-06-11 13:54:49
-15.8993 51.
01:01:142014-06-11 13:20:36
+51. 66.8993
2014-06-11 12:45:35
+15.8993 15.8993
2014-06-10 23:47:22 -0.08 0. 01:09:57
2014-06-10 22:37:25 +0.08 0.08
2014-06-02 21:09:13 -99. 0. 01:55:28
2014-06-02 19:13:45 +99. 99.
2014-06-02 14:41:18 -28.5 0. 01:12:41
2014-06-02 13:28:37 +28.5 28.5
2014-05-30 22:08:47 -28.78761889 0. 05:00:20
2014-05-30 17:08:27 +28.78761889 28.78761889
2014-05-26 01:49:52 -30.69897351 0. 16:05:53
2014-05-25 09:43:59 +30.69897351 30.69897351
2014-05-23 17:11:27 -20. 0. 04:38:37
2014-05-23 12:32:50 +20. 20.
2014-05-22 20:32:03 -10. 0. 12:39:49
2014-05-22 07:52:14 +10. 10.
2014-05-21 14:14:56 -14.386 0. 02:29:58
2014-05-21 11:44:58 +14.386 14.386
2014-02-12 07:24:12
-5. 0.
[3] 20:24:042014-02-11 21:46:11
-4.5 5.
[4] 14:04:462014-02-08 11:00:08
+5. 9.5
2014-02-07 07:41:25
+4.5 4.5
Fact: This wallet address was compromised on July 29, 2014, at 08:54:46 GMT.
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/48721871b11f716688fcf80a91a5c7586a1dddee83d90b84b564f3f29e11504c
Fact: Paul Vernon didn't know what happened or by whom(s) by several of his accounts of the
event.
Fact: Paul Vernon opted to continue funding this address at 12:42:30, a mere 3:47:44 after the
event NOT knowing if this wallet address had been compromised, proof below:
Fact: The last transaction from
17oUqLHwuavYceexZg5XTJW3SWsMTJXuV was exactly 14 BTC sent to
1EzK7T326C3eU3pi4MWFDzUptg143vV4K5 on 2014-09-13 15:53:03 GMT.
Fact: 1EzK7T326C3eU3pi4MWFDzUptg143vV4K5 was created on 2014-07-29 19:24:10 GMT, exactly 6:41:40 after the
event.
Fact: The reallocated
60 BTC was predominantly funded via MintPay.com:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/05638e948967c9cc6015153bca8a74dca3bb94a0ec8bd72eaced5e7d6d0e8ef9 (in bold)1GYVCsK6cTBe5V4M2kuHDRyrG1SXjxRpqk 17.12897565 BTC prev. tx
1GYVCsK6cTBe5V4M2kuHDRyrG1SXjxRpqk 32.8798 BTC prev. tx
1DYpFaLqPiBpEqRYMYVW9chr358xhyKHRc 21.27798426 BTC prev. tx
Fact: (safely assumed) This is a highly regulated bitcoin wallet address controlled personally by Cryptsy staff (presumably Paul Vernon) oppose to being automatically funded and depleted via some preset program.
Fact: ~3.75 hours (3:47:44) after Cryptsy's
reduction of funds event,
1.9998 BTC was deposited into the then-now compromised bitcoin wallet address administered by Cryptsy:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/52bc7d5038fad2fa4b7f8a5a9ace8ab06a138fac4d50b25b85c4429b819b6914The
1.9998 BTC came from an address tagged MintPay.com, namely
1E3BuxDXy988aMahgYv5Wg7qLW3BLEgrx7 as seen in this tx:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/52bc7d5038fad2fa4b7f8a5a9ace8ab06a138fac4d50b25b85c4429b819b69141E3BuxDXy988aMahgYv5Wg7qLW3BLEgrx7 is notorious for funding known Cryptsy wallet addresses in their control, with myriad coins stemming from there that's now part of the infamous
event's booty wallets.
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/297d12c144d9c5a811f1be1d9d34ce967c6e90dc38eb21e1215a8e498bd274cc![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFz8sOK8.jpg&t=665&c=HeaawmKa6Cw2mA)
The above depicts where and when the
1.9998 BTC came from - out of the 4.9995 BTC (MintPay.com) which was funded by Cryptsy on 2014-07-29 at 08:16:57, exactly
37 minutes and 49 seconds prior to the
60 BTC being
reduced via the
event.
Fact: On 2014-07-28 at 21:47:45 GMT, there were
89.98 BTC in the
17oUqLHwuavYceexZg5XTJW3SWsMTJXuV bitcoin wallet address.
Fact: The gentleman or lady responsible for the
event took the time to break up the
89.98 BTC into two separate
reduction of funds:
60 BTC and
29.98 BTC, respectively timestamped
reduced.
The
29.98 BTC was a separate transaction than the
60 BTC -
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/e8bb46bc6ea5f4580dd2b73f5d6a116e9023c84eb7c0fd4f34bcef3aca606fad - now residing comfortably numb here:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/address/1AA8YJ2DeYr99BS1PrsFKWC1p9hXT28dup (with some of the change comfortably numb here:
https://www.walletexplorer.com/address/1HEQxXqk1oBFP1ikvL7WE5su5hhaqZndZ7)
Fact: With the exception of the lady or gentleman responsible for the
event reducing the odd-amount 0.0961 BTC, all the withdraws were whole numbers, leaving 3.1983 BTC on the proverbial table, along with scant change per transactions, some back in Cryptsy's control, with others resting comfortably numb.
Fact: There were 59 transactions: 30 inputs; 29 outputs. Sans this transaction -
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/400f9d02d2704869c4af55922dc5a77ab86bfd8ae1791f147fac524179c26ae8 - commencing after the
event (~3 weeks), all inputs and outputs corresponded with one another (1:1).
Fact: Of the 30 inputs, 13 were of whole-numbered BTC, just like how the
event dude or dudette likes his numbers. Personally, I'm fond of pi, perhaps why I'm consider an irrational mentally unstable dude
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in these here parts.
The Great Reveal: (hopefully, not just being melodramatic) With the exception of the first two inputs and a 10 BTC input/output time span on 2014-07-18 at 16:09:20 -
https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/c1f10a78a44536e46d89e6c76a0ee43a43e559adce32acb7a60207965c79816b - the ONLY other input that took longer than 24 hours to be processed out was of the
60 BTC making up
the first reduction of funds of the event perhaps by a very remorseful lady or gentleman.
The shortest time span was of the first input/output directly after the
event, followed by eight more inputs into this compromised wallet until it was no longer used by Cryptsy ~6 weeks later.
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