The total value of gift cards he's given out is a HELL of a lot more than the total value of these LTC giveaways, handouts and debt repayments he's done. I never said those giveaways/repayments were illicit, they were obviously OK, but I don't believe his story that he's paying for all these gift cards at full price and I suspect something illegal is going on to obtain them which is reasonable considering how common carded gift cards are. Maybe he's just a rich carder/troll but who knows really all we can do is speculate, but you can bet I won't be getting any of those gift cards and people need to be careful.

I'd feel a lot less suspicious if he gave a reasonable explanation as to how he's obtained so many gift cards from many different websites, but thus far he hasn't he just claims he buys them for cash at full price and is giving them away for a fraction of the cost.

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Some more information here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=508683.msg5614972#msg5614972

I recommend getting a paper and pen and writing it down manually. Some printers have a cache that will save the backup, also if you are using a networked printer an attacker sniffing your network will be able to get your backup.

Armory paper backups aren't that hard to write out.

EDIT: You need to use the backup feature of Armory to do this. Don't write out the private keys themselves, Armory wallets are deterministic, you only need to make one paper backup and you're good to go forever, no need to make additional backups when you add new addresses.

You guys really think that if you ask nicely he'll refund you all?

Regardless of if he got hacked or not he did not handle the situation correctly at all and he hasn't explained why coinlenders depositors or BITBOND investors haven't received a satoshi yet inputs.io was the only website hacked. If you want your funds back you need to take legal action against him. The only reason he has done nothing since the hack or even provided any updates is because nobody has taken legal action against him. Somebody needs to step up and make the first move.

Stop asking, the time for that past a long time ago, take action instead - do it for everyone who was affected.

It's a really good thing that nobody trusts anyone. We can use things like multisig to do trust-less escrow, there is no need to blindly trust anonymous strangers anymore - we have the tools we need to transact in a trust-free manner. Hopefully now that nobody trusts anyone there won't be another MyBitcoin, Pirateat40, Bitcoinica, Neo & Bee or Mt Gox. It's up to the people to change and people finally are. Less and less people are using "payment processors" to store their Bitcoins that can run away with the funds (apart from Coinbase users), more people are using escrow and people are questioning everyone no matter how trustworthy they are.

I tried to find a link to the thread where I read that, but I found this anyway which is even more interesting:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zruvf/warning_cash_deposits_can_be_reversed_at_bank_of

That address belongs to a mixing service. The hacker used it to make it harder to track the BTC.

Anti-virus software is easily defeated, that should be a "last resort". You could still have malware, so be careful.

Using a dedicated laptop is a good idea but I would recommend you use it as a offline wallet. Keep it offline at all times (physically take out the WiFi card and bluetooth if you can) and transfer signed transactions via USB stick to a computer connected to the internet.

Here are two clients that support offline wallets:
http://bitcoinarmory.com
Forum section for this client here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=97.0
This client does need a full copy of the blockchain plus its own database so uses up 50GB of space on your online PC.

http://electrum.org
Forum section: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0
This is an SPV wallet, doesn't need a copy of the blockchain but it tells your peers what addresses you own so it has weaker privacy than Armory.

If your wallet has been hacked and it was only stored on your computer, you should assume the attacker has compromised your computer. You could have any kind of malware on your PC now. Generating a new wallet file will NOT be enough, you need to do a full OS reinstall and then generate a new wallet.

Did you install any software on your PC recently? anything bitcoin-related (price tickers, widgets, altcoins)? where did you download your wallet software from?

Maybe you should learn to read. Reread all my posts in this thread. He's giving away stuff for free or nearly free, he's probably not a scammer but maybe a troll giving away stolen gift cards and codes for free and he wouldn't be the first person on the internet to do that.

He says that he buys all the gift cards for cash at full price. Do you really believe him? where do you think he gets all of them?

Has has removed the dox of obviously innocent people before. KWH was one such person he removed the dox of.

IIRC he has mentioned before that he will remove personal information if it was obtained by hacking or it is clearly obvious to theymos that the person is innocent of scamming. Theymos must have considered himself innocent of scamming or maybe the dox was obtained via hacking, it did have the last 4 digits of his CC which seems to indicate it came from a retailer or such.

Can you post a PGP signed message using your old public key (admin@glados.cc) in order to prove its really you?
Could you also use a timestamp authority when signing it, or you could include the hash of the latest block mined. I have no doubt it is really you but that should put everyones mind to rest.

Here are my questions, please don't try the technique of selectively answering the ones that suit you and ignoring the others.

1) You said before that inputs.io was hacked but never said what happened to coinlenders.com and your various stocks/bonds (bitbond was one IIRC).  Why were none of the people using those reimursed, what happened to those funds?

2) You claim you do not have much Bitcoins.
This thread claims that after the hack you were in possession of at least 1300BTC: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=346236
Most of these addresses still have a large balance.

How accurate is the data in this thread?
If you claim it is not accurate, can you explain why many of these addresses appear as inputs in transactions along with the address 1GLadosEkeAsLReqS3yQ51E1R3wVtbJCDF?

3) You mentioned before that the assets you own are seperate to those of your business. Was Inputs.io, coinlenders and BITBOND all registered and operating as a seperate legal entity?

If you were, why did you not publicly publish the information and contact details for this legal entity which you are likely required to do by law in your country?

If your business(es) were not operating as a seperate legal entity then you were likely operating as a sole trader - which means these assets legally belong to your debtors because YOU owe the debt and not a seperate legal entity.

Did I win?

What was the reserve?

I'll just post my sources here.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_hack.html
http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/another-researcher-hit-with-threat-of-german-anti-hacking-law-/d/d-id/1135605?

And about the Tor exit node thing, I'm unsure of the specifics, but it seems much more Tor exit node operators in Germany get prosecuted than anywhere else in the world, here are just some stories:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/09/tor-node-operator-after-run-in-with-police-i-cant-do-this-any-more/
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121127/13221421157/german-court-holds-internet-user-responsible-passing-unknown-encrypted-file.shtml (not Tor related, but still relevant)
http://itnomad.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/germany-crackdown-on-tor-node-operators/

There are plenty of other stories on the Tor mailing list, thats where I read most of them. There was even one of a German man who was questioned for running a Tor middle node, though no charges stemmed from it.

If I get a chance I'll set it up on a public server so people can try it out without installing.

It's possible that the address you have was just a "drop address" that the scammer used to receive the goods. You should check if it's an abandoned or foreclosed property.

Anyway, I'd recommend you contact the buyer yourself or hire a regulated debt collector to do it.

You should also post the scammers personal details here so that others Googling them will find them, you'll prevent future scams.

PS. Most of those "debt collection" services on the "deep web" (god how I hate that term) are scams too.

You can use Google to search the forum by including this in your search query:

... I'm not sure where you heard that, but you're very wrong. At the very least you are liable for capital gains taxes and others depending on the business itself. There is also council tax that I think you'd have to pay (though I'm not sure of all of the details regarding that). Taxes vary between England, Scotland, Whales and Northern Ireland too (UK != just England).

What if a fraudster steals your drivers license?

If such an organization existed and there was a safe way of doing that, why use a private key or even a blockchain at all? why not verify your identity with the organization and ask them to transfer the funds internally on their own database each time you need to send money?

There really isn't a way to be 100% sure of someones identity. If there was, there would be no illegal immigrants, identity fraud, wanted criminals or missing people in the world.