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Two publications brought electronic encryption into the public domain. (EDITED) (The application of cryptography to computer data.) The US government publication of the Data Encryption Standard and Dr Whitfield Diffie and Dr Martin Hellmans public-key cryptography, "New Directions in Cryptography"Prior to this electronic encryption was developed mainly by the military - in secret. A lot of millitary research and early computer development revolved around the coding and code-breaking of war messages. i.e. Arthur Scherbius' Enigma electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines and Alan Turing who worked at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park, (Britain's codebreaking centre) who created the "Turing machine" (A mathematical model of computation). In the 1980s, Dr David Chaum wrote extensively on topics such as anonymous digital cash and pseudonymous reputation systems, which he described in his paper "Security without Identification: Transaction Systems to Make Big Brother Obsolete".In late 1992, Eric Hughes, Timothy C May, and John Gilmore founded a small group. At one of the first meetings, Jude Milhon (a hacker and author better known by her pseudonym St. Jude) described the group as the “Cypherpunks”. The Cypherpunks mailing list was formed at about the same time, and just a few months later, Eric Hughes published "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto". "Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
The Cypherpunks mailing list was started in 1992, and by 1994 had 700 subscribers Some notable Cypherpunks and their achievements: Jacob Appelbaum: Tor developer
Julian Assange: Founder of WikiLeaks
Dr Adam Back: Inventor of Hashcash, co-founder of Blockstream
Wei Dai : creator of B-money
Bram Cohen: Creator of BitTorrent
Philip Zimmermann: Creator of PGP 1.0
Hal Finney: Main author of PGP 2.0, creator of Reusable Proof of Work
Tim Hudson: Co-author of SSLeay, the precursor to OpenSSL
Paul Kocher: Co-author of SSL 3.0
Moxie Marlinspike: Founder of Open Whisper Systems (developer of Signal)
Steven Schear: Creator of the concept of the "warrant canary"
Bruce Schneier: Well-known security author
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: DigiCash developer, Founder of Zcash
Dr Pieter Wuille: authored BIP32, hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets, which makes it much simpler for bitcoin wallets to manage addresses.
Peter Todd: Stealth Addresses
Justus Ranvier: BIP47
Justin Newton: BIP75 Out of Band Address Exchange
Gregory Maxwell: CoinJoin CoinSwap
Chris Belcher: JoinMarket
In 1997, Dr Adam Back created Hashcash, which was designed as an anti-spam mechanism that would add time and computational cost to sending email, thus making spam uneconomical. Later in 1998, Wei Dai published a proposal for "b-money", a practical way to enforce contractual agreements between anonymous parties. In 2004, Hal Finney created reusable proof of work (RPOW), which built on Back's Hashcash. Bitcoin uses the Hashcash “proof of work (POW)” concept while quite a few other cryptocurrencies have implemented a variant known as "proof of stake" (POS). Nick Szabo published a proposal for "bit gold" in 2005 – a digital collectible that built upon Finney's RPOW proposal. Finally, in 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for a still-unidentified individual or individuals, published the bitcoin whitepaper, citing both hashcash and b-money. Satoshi emailed Wei Dai directly and mentioned that he learned about b-money from Dr Back. Cypherpunks are pro open-source Cypherpunks Anti-License (CPL) The CPL is written from a mindset which derides the very concept of Intellectual Property restrictions as being incompatible with a free society.  Sources: https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/who-are-the-cypherpunks/https://medium.com/swlh/the-untold-history-of-bitcoin-enter-the-cypherpunks-f764dee962a1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunkhttps://blockonomi.com/cryptography-cypherpunks/https://itsblockchain.com/cypherpunk/https://www.coindesk.com/the-rise-of-the-cypherpunks/Further reading: http://projects.csmonitor.com/cypherpunkThis is a work in progress - I intend to edit it to include more links and information. Corrections, additions and comments are welcomed. Contributions: paxmao amishmanish |
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Don't Panic: Iasenkos Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the BTCitcointalk Galaxy Previously the forum was hosted on sourceforge http://bitcoin.sourceforge.net/boards/index.php which is no longer reachable. Founded by Satoshi Nakamoto. The domain name was owned by Sirius but is now controlled by Cøbra. The forum is administrated by theymos . The forum was also reachable under forum.bitcoin.org for some time before it moved to bitcointalk.org IIRC. The "name" of the forum is actually "Bitcoin Forum", not "Bitcointalk" (see upper left corner of this page). There was a period where both Sirius and I were active administrators. For convenience, I reckon Jan 1, 2012 as when I became head administrator, though it was actually a gradual transition starting before and ending after that.
The Cypherpunks and Bitcoin. The years before bitcointalk.There is a huge amount of history on Bitcointalk. There are some really iconic threads to read: November 22, 2009, [POST] Satoshi welcomes users to this forumhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.msg28#msg28Who is Satoshi Nakamoto ? Suspects, frauds and conspiracies.January 15, 2010, [EXCHANGE]First bitcoin exchange announced by bitcointalk user dwdollarhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=20.0January 19, 2010,[EXCHANGE] New Liberty Standard was established in October 2009. (First documented BTC/$ exchange rate - bitcoin re-seller)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15.msg111#msg111https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42.0https://web.archive.org/web/20091229132610/http://newlibertystandard.wetpaint.com/page/Exchange+RateFebruary 04, 2010[EXCHANGE] bitcoinFX exchange service (BTC to fiat)BitcoinFX - http:// www .bitcoinfx .cz.cc A manual e-currency exchange by email onlyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100429153403/http://www.bitcoinfx.cz.cc/https://www.blockchain.com/en/btc/address/1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp (exchange address) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34.msg227#msg227 Holder of the first Pseudo-annonymous Poker tournament Used accelerator cards to increase miningFebruary 05, 2010, [BITCOIN] Proposal to adopt the Thai baht currency symbol, ฿, as the official bitcoin currency symbol
and BTC as the official bitcoin three letter currency code.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41.msg238#msg238March 11, 2010, (March 20) [POKER] First pseudo-anonymous poker game held with bitcoin.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=80Discussion about itMarch 30, 2010, [AUCTION]Bitcoin Auction: 10,000.00 BTC --- Starting Bid 50.00 USDI know this is well below your starting bid, but since no one has taken it yet I'll offer $20.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92.0May 20, 2010, [BITCOIN]Accepting Bitcoins in an online game "A Tale in the Desert."https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=142.0May 22, 2010,[BITCOIN] Laszlo pays 10,000 bitcoins to get two pizzas delivered from Papa John’sjercos (the other party IRC chat username didn't have a bitcointalk username)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.msg1195#msg1195 Laszo also developed a test build for Mac OS X and a full build An early pioneer of GPU miningNobody took him up on his offer to buy a camera with bitcoinJune 09, 2010, [POST] A Heroin Store (Thread subject of a subpoena)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=175.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=175.msg3900#msg3900 (anonymous guest post) June 11, 2010 [FAUCET]First faucet - Gavin Andresen - Get 5 free bitcoins from freebitcoins.appspot.comhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=183.0July 12, 2010, [ESCROW]First escrow request on Bitcointalk.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=288.0June 17, 2010 [BITCOIN] Re: Transactions and Scripts: DUP HASH160 ... EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG - Satoshihttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195.msg1611#msg1611 July 18, 2010, [EXCHANGE] MtGox AnnouncedInitially created as a platform for trading playing cards. Magic: The Gathering Online eXchange, which is where the Mt. Gox name comes from.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=444.0Bitcointalk history of MtGox and how a Bitcointalk post caught the MtGox hacker.July 28, 2010, First local language board was created. In Russian.Bitcoinex: "I propose to make the national sections of the forum. As a minimum, the Russian section is ripe."Sirius replied :"It's interesting that so many Russians have shown interest in the project. Thinking about the Russian culture and society, I'm not completely surprised why. I'll make a new board, let's see how many non-English-speaking users we'll get."https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=593.0 (Proposal) http://www.bitcoin.org:80/smf/index.php (Archived 18 August 2010) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4806492.0 (Article - in Russian) July 29, 2010, [POST]If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. -Satoshihttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6306#msg6306August 10, 2010, [LOSS] Lost large number of bitcoins (9000 BTC)Stoneman lost the private keys to his wallet.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782.0https://blockchain.info/address/167ZWTT8n6s4ya8cGjqNNQjDwDGY31vmHgAugust 15, 2010, [EXPLOIT]Bitcoin vulnerability creates 184 billion bitcoins resulting in a patch.Within hours, the transaction was spotted and erased from the transaction log after the bug was fixed
and the network forked to an updated version of the bitcoin protocol.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2010-5139November 08, 2010,[POST] First reported use of the term "shitcoin" in reference to alt coinsYou say that now, but if bitcoin really takes off I can see lots of get-rich-quick imitators coming on the scene: gitcoin, nitcoin, witcoin, titcoin, shitcoin... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1647.msg20646#msg20646November 27, 2010, [POOL] Worlds first mining pool slushpool.comhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.0December 11, 2010, [BITCOIN] Wikileaks starts using bitcoin. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us. - Satoshi https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2216.msg29280#msg29280December 12, 2010, [POST] Satoshis last post on Bitcointalkhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2228.0February 04, 2011, [SEX] Young women for bitcoinsWe decided to offer privileged time with young women, in exchange for bitcoins. - Rosalina Some proof is needed, maybe a photograph with a BTC sign on the girls' bottom. - gusti https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3166.0February 09, 2011, [BITCOIN] Bitcoin reaches parity with the dollar. 1BTC = US$1https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2734.msg46226#msg46226March 01, 2011, [CRIME] Silkroad Announcedhttps://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3984.0 Silk road and Bitcointalk. How it played a role in its rise and fall.https://antilop.cc/sr/March 10, 2011 [POST]First Signature Advertising Auctionhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4342.0April 18, 2011, [ANN]Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin (First ALT)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6017.0April 27, 2011,Gavin will visit the CIAI'm going to give a presentation about Bitcoin at CIA headquartershttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6652.0June 05, 2011, [POST] I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=12156June 13, 2011,[THEFT] First major reported bitcoin theft (25000 BTC) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=16457.0 user allinvainList of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and LossesJune 20, 2011, [EXPLOIT] Kevin the guy who bought 259684 BTC for under $3000https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=20207.0I'm MtGox, here's my side.June 25, 2011,[LOSS]MyBitcoin was one of the earliest eWallet providers for Bitcoin. (79,000 BTC were lost)The service became unavailable and users lost their funds. Thought to be an exit scam.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=22221.0July 11, 2011[TATOO]Worlds First Bitcoin Tattoo [NSFW]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27958.msg352174#msg352174July 19, 2011,[POST]Bitcoin critics suffer from Stockholm syndromehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=30214.0September 06, 2011, [BITCOIN] First CASASCIUS physical Bitcoins released on bitcointalkhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41892.0September 09, 2011, [HACK] Bitcointalk.org Hacked by SomethingAwful???Bitcointalk hacked and defaced. "My browser's been Cosjacked!" Bill Cosby images were displayed.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42549.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42548.msg517927#msg517927Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalism.September 11, 2011, [BCT]Theymos announces Mark Karpeles is now hosting the bitcointalk server after the attack.Mark Karpeles is now hosting the forum's server. The forum is still owned by Sirius, as it has always been. There will be no policy changes.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42572.0September 22, 2011,[BCT] PinkiePie gets grounded.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45298.0September 28, 2011,[BCT] [CLOSED] Auction: Advertise on this forum (First advertising on Bitcointalk)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46025.0October 09, 2011,[ANN] Litecoin accounced by Charlie Lee (SCRYPT)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.0November 02, 2011,[BCT] Looking for someone to create/modify software for this forum [5500+ BTC raised for the project]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50617.0March 01, 2012, [HACK]Shared online web host Linode hacked and users bitcoins stolen. (46,703 BTC stolen)Slushpool lost 3094 BTC in the hack.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66916.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=67017.0March 08, 2012, [PLATYPUS] My friend was wondering how much a Platypus would cost on silk road.. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=67933.0March 10, 2012,[BITCOIN] source code of the first version of Bitcoin (0.1), as released in February 2009https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68121.0March 13, 2012,[GOLD] Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68655https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=35956.0 (initial thread) June 12, 2011,[BCT] First signature campaign.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15886.0June 21, 2012,[SCAM] Alberto Armandi introduces Bitdaytrade. A month later he does an exit scam. (10000 BTC stolen) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=88803.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=110505.0August 17, 2012, [SCAM]Bitcoin Savings and Trust - a Ponzi closed (500,000 BTC was lost)Pirateat40 was in default, forcing the SEC to intervene. Years later Tendon Shavers was indicted.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101339.0Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on BitcointalkAugust 19, 2012,[TROLL] I'm giving 100% ROI away to anyone who thinks pirate is a fraudWorlds most expensive troll prank gone wrong by Matthew N. Wright.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101751.0 (The prank) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140654 (The compensation thread) August 19, 2012,[ANN] Peercoin and Proof of Stake (POS)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101820.0September 04, 2012,[HACK] bitfloor hacked. (14000 BTC)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=105818.0September 10, 2012,[SOLD]Will you be the first to buy Rhodium for Bitcoin and be a part of history?https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108331.0September 27, 2012, [FOUNDATION]Bitcoin foundation launchedhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=113400.0November 10, 2012,[CRIME] Cats lead Feds to KnightMB (worth 371kBTC) in Romney Tax Hack.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=123591.0knightmb on bitcointalk - from 371,067.36 BTC to Mitt Romney extortion.November 29, 2012, [BITCOIN]Bitcoin first halving. Parties around the world.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=127609.msg1365809#msg1365809https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128263.0November 29, 2012,[ALT] Ripple discussedhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84540.0July 22, 2012,[BCT] One millionth posthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94608.0 (thread announcing the event) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76594.msg1000000#msg1000000 (actual millionth post) September 26, 2012, [ICO]Coinbase raises over $600Khttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=113075.0;prev_next=nextOctober 27, 2012, [REWARD] I hereby challenge you to find the real me! I hereby promise to pay BTC 14 to anyone who provides one of the following pieces of information
identifying the operator of findmeifyoucan.eu orthe author of this post:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=120918.0Found - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=120918.msg1304572#msg1304572https://web.archive.org/web/20121101001325/http://findmeifyoucan.euJanuary 11, 2013,[HACK] VIRCUREX hacked. They tried to make up for losses with a share issue and then ran a dodgy reimbursement system.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135919.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140700.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528752.0https://vircurex.com/welcome/ann_reserved.htmlJanuary 30, 2013,[MINER] First Avalon Asic delivery receivedhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140099.0February 14, 2013 [POST] Previously tagged scammer tries to sell his tooth.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144118.0;allFebruary 19, 2013,[BITCOIN]Bitcoin 0.8 released (incompatible with previous version)Version 0.8 allowed for larger blocksizes than older versions could handle. With half the network upgraded and the other half still sitting on version 0.7 or older, the danger was that two versions of the bitcoin ledger would emerge.A forced hard fork reverted back to version 0.7 while the issue was resolved.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145184March 19, 2013, [POST]Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney) Hal Finney was the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction, when Satoshi sent ten coins to him as a test in January 2009.Hal was paralyzed from ALS when he wrote this using an eye-tracker. He passed away on August 28, 2014https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0April 16, 2013, Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussionLongest bitcointalk thread - at time of writing (June 24,2018) 414267 postshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.0April 18, 2013, [POST] Re: Introduce yourself (Adam Beck)Adam Back, inventor of hashcash (the bitcoin mining function) introduces himself after joining bitcointalk. Talks about being one of the early and vocal technical voices on the cypherpunks list, enjoying USENET flame wars in the old days and tittering about newbies ineptitude.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=15672.msg1873483#msg1873483May 13, 2013, [SCAM] I Hacked Bitcoin [SCAM]Scammer asks for 10 BTC to reveal how to hack Bitcoinhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=204424.0May 14, 2013,[LEGAL] Mt. Gox Dwolla account frozen by DHShttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205396.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205542.0May 21, 2013,[BCT] Marketplace trust system introduced. Designed by Dooglushttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=211858.0May 25, 2013, [LEGAL]Liberty Reserve was a Costa Rica-based centralized digital currency service. The site had over one million users when it was shut down by the United States government. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=216767.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=215967.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=215887.0July 31, 2013, [ANN] Mastercoin (Omnilayer) one of the first applications built on top of the Bitcoin Blockchain. First ever project to ICO.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=265488.0September 17, 2013, [LOSS] User accidentally pays over 100 BTC in transaction fees.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=296217.0https://blockchain.info/tx/258478e8b7a3b78301661e78b4f93a792af878b545442498065ab272eaacf035 (80 BTC in fees in just one transaction) October 02, 2013. [CRIME]Ross Ulbricht arrested, FBI Seize Deep Web Marketplace Silk Roadhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306338.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=310600.0October 02, 2013,[HACK] Bitcointalk hacked by "The Hole seekers". Off-line till October 07, 2013 . Some users blame the NSA and see it related to the Silkroad closure.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306723.0;prev_next=nexthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306724.0Theymos identifies it as a backdoor from the 2011 hack.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=306878.0November 08, 2013, [HACK]CoinLenders, Inputs.io, Tradefortress (4000BTC HACK)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=328053.0November 11, 2013, [ATM]First bitcoin ATMhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=330662.0November 11, 2013, [MINER]Bitmain announces the launch of the S1 miner.https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=330665December 08, 2013, [ANN] Dogecoin introduced as a joke. Phrases with terrible grammar such as "Very currency many coin" "very scrypt such random"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=361813.0December 18, 2013,[SLANG] Where the term HODL comes from.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0December 27, 2013, [BITCOIN]Overstock.com announces it is going to accept bitcoin as payment by June 2014. (Actually starts in January 2014)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=387031.0January 23, 2014,[ANN] Ethereum announced by Vitalik Buterinhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=428589.0February 06, 2014, [LOSS]Mt Gox was handling 70% of the Bitcoin network’s transactions. With 850,000 bitcoins stolen, the exchange closed. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=451225.0Bitcointalk history of MtGox and how a Bitcointalk post caught the MtGox hacker.March 04, 2014, [HACK] Poloniex Hacked!!! (97 BTC)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=499510.0March 07, 2014, Newsweek "exposes" Dorian Nakamoto as the founder of Bitcoin. Bitcointalk users are sceptical.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505474.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=506692.0 (fake satoshi trolls bitcointalk) March 07, 2014, [NICE] Andreas Antonopoulos runs a fundraiser for Dorian Nakamoto .https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505581.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=584147.0 (Others still believe he is Satoshi) March 20, 2014,[BCT] Work is underway by Slickage Studios on new forum software for bitcointalk Was to be launched in August 2014 but missed the launch date.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=523070.0 (ANN)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=524113.0 (Disagreement)http://beta.bitcointalk.org/ (old betal link no longer works)https://github.com/epochtalk/epochtalk (github)April 23, 2014, [ANN] Cryptonote based currency Monero announced. (It takes another 3 years before it is launched)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=582080.0June 22, 2014,[NICE] ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, (Game Over)Claimed by Gatekeeperhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=661781.0https://www.scribd.com/document/359412332/Bitcoin-Puzzle (Solution) June 27, 2014,[CRIME] Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Opened by US Marshals Servicehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=670299.0August 15, 2014, Blowing the lid off the CryptoNote/Bytecoin scam (with the exception of Monero)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=740112.0September 08, 2014,[THREAT] satoshin@gmx.com is compromised - hacker uses it to send a death threat to theymoshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.msg8734884#msg8734884November 14, 2014,[MINER] GAW miners & Josh Garza prosecution.DOJ wire fraud case against Garza, GARZA & FRASER class action and SEC vs GARZA court casehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=857670.0December 03, 2014, [LEGAL]Theymos receives first DPR subpoena regarding Ulbricht user: altoid (Silk Road) and the heroin store topic.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=881488.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=175.0http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/January 05, 2015,[HACK] Bitstamp hotwallet hacked 19000 BTChttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=914565.0February 26, 2015, [ANN] X-coin (renamed Dash) using x11 introduces Instant send which allows for masternodes to come to a consensus in just over a second, creating an irreversible transaction. “Private send” uses CoinJoin to cloak the sender and receiver wallets of a given transaction.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=969896.0April 17, 2015,[LEGAL] Bitcointalk receives Butterfly Labs subpoena for user datahttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1027518.0May 25, 2015, [HACK]Bitcointalk server compromised.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1067985.0May 29, 2015, [CRIME]Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prisonhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1074337.0https://freeross.org/case-timeline/June 03, 2015, [LEGAL]New York Releases Final BitLicensehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1079414.0June 18, 2015,[CRIME] Ex-U.S. federal Agents Charged With Bitcoin Theft to Plead Guiltyhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1093358https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-federal-agents-charged-bitcoin-money-laundering-and-wire-fraudAugust 15, 2015, [BITCOIN] Why is Bitcoin forking? What's up with all these people switching to BitcoinXT?https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1151445https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1153742.0;prev_next=prevSeptember 04, 2015, [SCAM Accusation] Quickseller escrowing for himselfhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1171059.0September 07, 2015, [LOSS]Cryptsy collapsehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1173703.0November 12, 2015, [ANN] Zerocoin - Announcement of first use of zero-knowledge proof called zk-SNARKshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1247178.08.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1638450April 19, 2016,[BCT] Beta of new forum software now officially openhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1442020.0June 17, 2016,[EXPLOIT] DAO hack - or not a hackhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1516067.0June 18, 2016, Letter from the DAO hackerhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1516913.0July 10, 2016, [BITCOIN]Halving event: expectation vs. reality - Bitcoin second halving. Both yay and meh.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1544493.0August 02, 2016, [HACK]Bitfinex HACKED - funds stolen ! 120,000 BTChttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1573336.0October 17, 2016, [ANN] Ethereum hardfork resulting in Ethereum and Ethereum Classic - the start of the forked erahttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1652065.0December 28, 2016, [ANN]Privacy coin Monero launched implementing transaction privacy using a method called Ring Confidential Transactionshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1732002.0February 04, 2017, [2017-02-04] Almost $1 Billion Worth of Bitcoins Stuck in Transaction Backloghttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1777803.0March 29, 2017. [HACK] Hal Finney's account is making posts.Hal passed away 28 August 2014 - someone hacked his account - theymos then locked ithttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1847311.0July 18, 2017, [McSHILL] John McAfee: Bitcoin will go above 500k $ in 3 years or he will eat his own dick on live TV.Later he increases this to $1 million. (McShill - king of altcoin shilling)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2029620.0July 29, 2017, [LEGAL]BTC-e domain seizure by US authoritieshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2053536.0August 01, 2017, [ANN] Bitcoin Cash fork of the Bitcoin blockchain, 1:1 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2040221.0September 15, 2017, [EXCHANGE]From the dust of BTC-e comes WEXhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2181023.0October 25, 2017, [ANN] Bitcoin Gold fork of the Bitcoin blockchain, 1:1Bitcoin gold initially was going to be launched with no replay protection.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2284289.0;allNovember 08, 2017, [CRIME] Ex-agent in Silk Road probe gets more prison time for bitcoin theft.The initial theft was valued at $359,005 in 2015 but have been re-valued at $11.3 million in 2017.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2374117.0November 21, 2017, [HACK] $30,950,010 USDT was removed from the Tether Treasury wallet (hack)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2434732.0November 24, 2017,[SCAM] Bitcoin Gold Wallet Scam Nets $3 Million in Illicit Earningshttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2452110.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2336309.0December 06, 2017,[HACK] Nicehash hacked 4000 BTChttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2535366.0December 28, 2017,[CRIME] Director of EXMO kidnappedhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2656688.0January 11, 2018,[CRIME] US Marshals Service to Auction Off $54 Million in Bitcoinhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2728077.0January 16, 2018, [SCAM]BitConnect is shutting down its lending and exchange platformIn early January North Carolina and Texas security divisions both sent out cease and desist orders less than a week apart,
with Texas accusing Bitconnect of engaging in fraud outright.Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and Litecoin founder Charlie Lee had earlier warned that it was a ponzi.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2768478.0January 24, 2018, [CRIME]Canadian Bitcoin Exchange Hit By Armed Robbers in Thwarted Thefthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2820106.newJanuary 24, 2018,[BCT] Merit & new rank requirements introduced.The purpose is to provide an incentive for post qualityhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0100 days of meritJanuary 27, 2018 [HACK] Coincheck Hack 500 million NEMhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2831725.0January 28, 2018, [CRIME] Armed robbers have raided the house of a British virtual currency trader.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838558.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2898327.0February 09, 2018,[HACK] Bitgrail Hack 17 Million Nanohttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2912643.msg%msg_id%February 24, 2018, [CRIME] Moscow Man Mutilated And Mugged For $1 Million In Bitcoinhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3019359.0;prev_next=nextMarch 07, 2018, [PHISHING] Binance API/Phishing Attack, Hackers Walk Away Losing MoneyBinance issues $250,000 USD bounty in BNB tokens in response.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3082766.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3108697.newApril 12, 2018, [THEFT] Coinsecure theft 438.318 BTCDue to their CSO Dr. Amitabh Saxsena extracting Bitcoin Gold from Bitcoin. And as a result, their CSO claimed that bitcoins were lost.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3310743.0March 28, 2018 [ SCAM ] Fraud by smart contract [ SCAM ]Clever honeytrap scam where users are tempted into sending ETH as "gas" to "claim" 75000 ICX tokens.
Instead the ETH is transferred by the smart contract to another wallet after one confirmation.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3298171.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3213068.0April 2, 2018,[McSHILL] John McAfee announces that he charges $105000 to shill (promote) a coin via twitter.https://mcafeecryptoteam.com/effect.htmlhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3246004.0April 04, 2018 [EXPLOIT] Network Attack on XVG / VERGEOne of a number of altcoins that fall victim to exploits and attacks.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3256693.msg33924018#msg33924018May 27, 2018,[EXPLOIT] Bitcoin Gold BTG suffers a 51 percent attack $18M BTG stolen https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4315535.0May 29, 2018,[EXPLOIT] Yup... attack again.. as already said, simply reducing drift time doesn't fix it. XVG / VERGEhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3256693.msg38862113#msg38862113December 9, 2018,[KEYS LOST BY DEATH] Gerald Cotten - owner of QuadrigaCX dies. Private keys are lost for 26,500 bitcoin ($92.3 million USD), 11,000 bitcoin cash ($1.3 million), 11,000 bitcoin cash SV ($707,000), 35,000 bitcoin gold ($352,000), nearly 200,000 litecoin ($6.5 million) and about 430,000 ether ($46 million), totaling $147 million https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=984498.msg49528201#msg49528201January 14, 2019,[HACK] First exchange hack of 2019 - Altcoin exchange Cryptopia suffered a security breach https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5097601.0March 27, 2019,[HACK] DragonEx hacked https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124772.0March 29, 2019,[NOT HACKED] CoinBene: Exchange Lost At Least $105 Million but claims not to be hacked.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5125872.0March 30, 2019,[HACK] Bithumb hacked https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5126293.0May 7, 2019,[HACK] Largest Centralized Exchange Binance hacked for at least 7000 BTC https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5140532.0We are surrounded by legends on this forum. Not just the ones that were phenomenally successful but also some that tried and failed with catastrophic results. Then there are those that scammed at the expense of others.This forum is a digital museum. Inspirational = red , Historic event = black, Bitcointalk event = green, Technical significance= orange, Hacked / vulnerability = purpleContributions: * amishmanish * eddie13 * iCEBREAKER * Heisenberg_Hunter * qwk* TECSHARE* tranthidung * malevolent* Last of the V8s* The Pharmacist This is a work in progress - will be edited for updates. INDEX:index to the best posts on bitcointalkThe Bitcointalk 50 BTC VIP club. Where are they now ?The Bitcointalk 10 BTC Donators - where are they now ?Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalismWho is Satoshi Nakamoto ? Suspects, frauds and conspiracies.The Cypherpunks and Bitcoin. The years before bitcointalk.Bitcointalk history of MtGox and how a Bitcointalk post caught the MtGox hacker. Silk road and Bitcointalk. How it played a role in its rise and fall. Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI) knightmb on bitcointalk - from 371,067.36 BTC to Mitt Romney extortion.History on Bitcointalk - Mining equipment scams, shams and failed deliveries.Bitcointalk history - index to first 200 topicsBitcointalk trolls, internal dysfunction and all out flame wars. Guide to the scandals.Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI)History posts by others: History - signature campaigns and bounties on BitcointalkHow to get started writing your articles: How to use the BBCode on BitcointalkHow to help the modertors: Guide -How to detect rule-breakers.Techniques and tips.
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icenter is an actively marketed "bot" scam - this is to warn users. https://icenter.co/ SOURCE: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10614100The company it was previously registered in the UK with FALSE details. Notice to the muppets harassing the people at the FALSE address given at the companies office. "John ERIC" does not exist and a random fake address was used in the registration process. The use of FALSE details led to the company being struck-off Notice to the muppets harassing the people at the FALSE address given at the companies office. "John ERIC" does not exist and a random fake address was used in the registration process. The use of FALSE details led to the company being struck-off Since I notified the UK companies office it has now been gazetted for a compulsory strike off. (Notice the address is now the default companies office address)  Notice to the muppets harassing the people at the FALSE address given at the companies office. "John ERIC" does not exist and a random fake address was used in the registration process. The use of FALSE details led to the company being struck-offBuzzfeed ran a great story about it. John Eric who supposebly runs it is BOGUS. Quote" BuzzFeed News was unable to find any information about iCenter’s owners or its parent company. A UK Companies House registration document from October that was posted by iCenter and featured Eric’s name, listed an address at 120 Fleet Street in London, but the only tenant of that address is Goldman Sachs’ London office. "We can confirm that none of these entities or people are connected to Goldman Sachs," a spokesperson for the company said in a statement." Quote" Buzzfeed also looked up icenter.co’s associated IP address and uncovered a host of other associated websites — many of them tied to other investment bots. One associated site with the same IP address was customhyipbot.com (HYIP is an acronym for high-yield investment program), which promises in broken English to build custom Telegram bots for any kind of project." Responding to a BuzzFeed News inquiry, “Md Khaled” offered to build a bot similar to iCenter's. The script itself would cost just $500 plus $100 a month hosting. “If you need to make scam it’s only for you, you can stop bot at any time.” he stated. SOURCE: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/cryptocurrency-scammers-are-running-wild-on-telegram?utm_term=.akzq6w2O5J#.wp1qOn0xMR They have since moved their registration to Belize.  If you look at the URL in the screenshot you will see this came from the icenter website. Currently it is still there: https://icenter.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JOP-Joe-Online-Projects-Ltd.pdf |
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EDITED FOR UPDATES: origional can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20180522114952/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4019640.msg38050208%23msg38050208This topic has been moved to [META]. Started as scam thread but it is an issue of conduct rather than scam. The ponzi promotion accusation has been moved here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4221113.0TITLE was updated to sound less dramatic and reflect the changed and new content.
The word blackmail has been substituted with ultimatum for reduced dramatic effect.
Please note: These are accusations - not conclusions.
What happened: Looking at my feedback I found that I had been tagged for "Merit abuse" by a nobody that runs various threads promoting himself and (in my opinion) trolling others. Didn't concern me much except when I discovered that his ultimatum is concerning some users.
He gives them an ultimatum that if they give him neutral feedback and if they admit they "merit abused" he will remove his negative feedback.
While I don't care about receiving "merit" from the system or the "untrusted feedback" he has given me - it concerns me that someone without any bitcointalk official position is issuing ultimatums to users. Members profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1432468 Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3186068.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.0 https://web.archive.org/web/20180520032404/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3186068.0https://web.archive.org/save/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.0https://web.archive.org/save/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.20https://web.archive.org/save/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.40https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.60Issue: Feedback ultimatum In my case - in my opinion - the merits were given in accordance to the rules: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0 The issues can be seen here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4031390.0There are many others that aren't even aware that a merit system exists or choose to not use it. I don't (and many others) care about the rank system. There are long periods of time where I don't visit bitcointalk. A legendary account can easily be bought https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3016335.0 (amongst all the other account sales on bitcointalk - but that is another can of worms)  Proof people have been negatively affected by the "shoot first - ask questions later (or not at all) "ultimatums" :  So, to avoid red trust on my account from the merit abusers those I have tagged and will be tagging in future also from some moral perspective ( e.i 1, e.i 2) I have end up with this decision that I will remove your Red Trust as merit abuser if you accept following six (6) conditions1 in two part. Part one: Post on the comment section of this threa 1. YOUR USERNAME <= Do not remove the glow and large font code 2. Admit that you have abused the merit system: Yes/No 3. You apology in public on this tread: Your apology content has to be at-least 120 character long.4. Commit that you will never do this again: Yes/No Once you done posting the comment then do the following... Part two: 5. You will send a neutral trust for me referencing the link of your apology post. 6. On the neutral trust you will write: "I am leaving this neutral to keep a record of my merit abusing so that in future if I do the same abusive behaviour and receive red trust from mdayonliner then I will not complain again." Now edit the same apology post and mention "Done with 5 and 6" A sample of an apology post 1. [glow=red,2,300][b][size=15pt]YOUR USERNAME[/size][/b][/glow]
2. Admit that you have abused the merit system: Yes
3. You apology in public on this tread: [b]"The minimum 120 character apology content" [/b]
4. Commit that you will never do this again: Yes
Edit:
Done with 5 and 6
Once I verify you done everything correctly then I will give you a neutral trust for having a log for me on the my trust page for you so that I can review your profile in future whenever I want and finally I will remove your red trust to give you a second chance. 1 Lucky you. If I were a DT or staff or even high ranked member then I would never give you this second chance. I need to save my own ass. 1 Lucky you. If I were a DT or staff or even high ranked member then I would never give you this second chance. I need to save my own ass.
Why do I care ? I don't feel that it benefits the forum. Bitcointalk has a reputation of being an abusive (even encouraged and merited ) , largely unmoderated place where scams are promoted, KYC accounts sold, people voice their grievances and has a large volume of low quality posts.
There are far more serious issues in this forum that are ignored.
Only the most serious and proven deliberate merit abuse should be dealt with in this way.
When people apply strict rules to strangers they should apply those same rules to themselves and those close to them.
In this case in my opinion is being highly hypocritical. There are a number of accusations that have been made that have just been ignored here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3168616.msg37774968#msg37774968
 Mdayonliner is not a DT so many people just laugh it off because his feedback is harmless. It doesn't mean that the conduct is acceptable. It just means that it is of little consequence. The method of the ultimatum can be seen here: - Seriously(!) Be my guest my friend. I will give you 24 hours of time to admit your mistake on my red trust removal topic or I will bring this issue in public and will take feedback from the community. You think I care about your red turst? The reason I will bring the issue in public to prove that I my ground is right and yours is wrong. Anyway 24 hours (click for countdown) to admit your mistake or I will ask feedback from the community since I need to prove my ground is right to the community. FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0KEYWORD: Everything   Here there is evidence that there is "merit abuse" by his alt account or "brother"   Edited https://i.imgur.com/Jnge3sr.png / replaced previous image with error  Most merit obtained from posting in threads with "merit" as the subject. (I probably even missed a few) It is clear to me and others that "merit" is extremely important to you and that it is the motivation for some of your conduct. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4104852.msg38101744#msg38101744The red is where merit was given and received from the same users or KNOWN alts / family. Why do I care ? - normally I wouldn't.
But I am holding you to the standard that you are applying to others. Do I think you exchanged feedback ? - yes I do. Not just with your brother. Just check the matching dates.Do I think you merit farm ? Yes - by deliberately posting in lots of merit related topics.I've given you the same replies you give others. HEREIt made you really angry and you haven't answered the accusations. Why am I doing this ? To point out the hypocracy of your actions.(Not to accuse other users) |
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