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621  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Romney's tax returns - first Bitcoin extortion? on: September 05, 2012, 06:16:46 AM
Hasn't there already been a tax return hoax already? Too bad they didn't just give the info to wikileaks without the ransom. This is the next evolution of journalism if this works.
622  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Project will be making a major announcement in September on: September 05, 2012, 06:07:27 AM
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An anonymous individual or group is alleging that they have gained "all available 1040 tax forms" of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney by accessing computers in the Franklin office of the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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"All major news media outlets are going to be sent an encrypted copy of the most recent tax years that your company had on file since you did not have them all in a convenient electronic form. The years before 2010 will be of great interest to many. If the parties interested do not want the encrypted key released to the public to unlock these documents on September 28 of this year then payment will be necessary.

The deal is quite simple. Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins (Google if if you need a lesson on what Bitcoin is) using the various markets available out in the world for buying. Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final value of the Bitcoins is equal to $1,000,000 USD at the time when it is finished. The keys to unlock the data will be purged and what ever is inside the documents will remain a secret forever.

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/anonymous-group-allegedly-hacked-romney-tax-records-franklin-firm

While the claim of possessing Romney's tax records may well be bullshit, I'm guessing that any extortion threat towards a Presidential candidate is going to attract serious investigation - including an attempt to identify the owner of the Bitcoin address in question.

This could get interesting.

The September surprise! Gavin has some 'splaining to do.
623  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Romney's tax returns - first Bitcoin extortion? on: September 05, 2012, 06:06:41 AM
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An anonymous individual or group is alleging that they have gained "all available 1040 tax forms" of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney by accessing computers in the Franklin office of the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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"All major news media outlets are going to be sent an encrypted copy of the most recent tax years that your company had on file since you did not have them all in a convenient electronic form. The years before 2010 will be of great interest to many. If the parties interested do not want the encrypted key released to the public to unlock these documents on September 28 of this year then payment will be necessary.

The deal is quite simple. Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins (Google if if you need a lesson on what Bitcoin is) using the various markets available out in the world for buying. Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final value of the Bitcoins is equal to $1,000,000 USD at the time when it is finished. The keys to unlock the data will be purged and what ever is inside the documents will remain a secret forever.

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/anonymous-group-allegedly-hacked-romney-tax-records-franklin-firm

While the claim of possessing Romney's tax records may well be bullshit, I'm guessing that any extortion threat towards a Presidential candidate is going to attract serious investigation - including an attempt to identify the owner of the Bitcoin address in question.

This could get interesting.

The September surprise! Gavin has some 'splaining to do.
624  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Discussion about 10,000BTC Bet (Official) on: September 05, 2012, 06:03:29 AM
Jesus, i just read through 8 pages. Unless i missed something big and are retarded(which is possible) i didn't see anything. Just post a link please.

Since you evidently need it, the TL;DR version:

Matt would not have made the bet if he didn't think he would win.

That is all. All you need to know, all he's said. Check back on the 9th.

So he didn't post  why he thinks pirate is legit. thanks.

Because of his hubris.
625  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Security Patterns and Practices on: September 05, 2012, 04:14:05 AM
Use bitcoin as it is intended to be used. Peer to peer, not centralized. Bitcoin is about an individual's ability to assert sole authority and control. Giving that up to someone else is entirely against the intended design.
626  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Three Pools Have Near-total Control Over the Bitcoin Network on: September 05, 2012, 04:06:35 AM
All monetary systems tend towards corruption.
627  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Discussion about 10,000BTC Bet (Official) on: September 05, 2012, 03:55:35 AM
Hopefully he didn't keep his bitcoins at BitFloor.
628  Economy / Auctions / Re: selling my religious beliefs on: September 03, 2012, 10:17:54 PM
0.01 BTC to forego religion entirely and devote yourself to logic, reason and doing good for all of mankind and the earth that we share.
629  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Gavin will visit the CIA on: September 03, 2012, 10:06:02 PM
Me: So a little while ago, Gavin said that there was a big announcement coming up in September. Any chance this is it?

Charlie: No, this is not it. What he's announcing is an announcement, not... Well, I don't wanna say any more.

Me: Fair enough, didn't expect you to go on-record with it if you knew.

Charlie: No, he would kill me if I said anything. He was just here recently. He would kill me.

Looks like Gavin's CIA training is beginning to pay off. I wonder just how lethal he is now.
630  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Project will be making a major announcement in September on: September 03, 2012, 09:45:11 PM
Nothing creates stability like a giant surprise.
631  Economy / Speculation / Re: Battle of the Bots on: September 03, 2012, 08:13:32 AM
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V43a-KxLFcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dEzNMx94s0
632  Other / Off-topic / Re: New BitCoin Comic on: September 02, 2012, 11:26:30 PM


Yo ho ho and a bottle of dumb!
633  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Version 0.7.0 release candidate 1 ready for testing on: September 01, 2012, 06:02:24 AM
So I can't addnode via the RPC console interface? This HAS to be a commandline option?
Unfortunately, that feature missed the cut for 0.7.

Oh well, I don't think I was able to maintain any ipv6 connections anyway. I'm behind a tunnel broker, so I don't know if that matters or not. Thanks devs for all the work and I look forward to future releases.
634  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Version 0.7.0 release candidate 1 ready for testing on: September 01, 2012, 05:44:01 AM
So I can't addnode via the RPC console interface? This HAS to be a commandline option?
635  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Project will be making a major announcement in September on: September 01, 2012, 05:25:45 AM
It is now September where I am.

I don't understand how an open source project can hide major developments. I assume it isn't technical in nature.
636  Economy / Services / Re: Introducing the Bitcoin 100: A Kickstarter for Charities on: September 01, 2012, 05:20:06 AM
Charitywater.org replied with "Thank you for reaching out to us! Your payment system sounds really interesting, but unfortunately we don't have the capacity right now to take on any new donation accepting platforms."

That's 2 down, 5 more rejections to go.

They're getting so many donations they can't possibly accept more.
637  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Version 0.7.0 release candidate 1 ready for testing on: August 31, 2012, 11:22:57 PM
How can I add an ipv6 peer? And does anyone else have a peer I can connect to?
638  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: So long and thanks for all the fish. on: August 31, 2012, 11:18:53 AM
In before the obligatory Pirate referen-SON OF A BITCH!
639  Economy / Speculation / Re: Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP. on: August 30, 2012, 07:31:20 AM
Request thread name changed to "Health of Global Society UP, Human Reliance on False Authority DOWN".
640  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: If I win the 10,000BTC, I have an idea for what to do with the money... on: August 25, 2012, 07:54:46 AM
I can't wait to read future news of the past!
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