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evoorhees
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Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:01:49 PM
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Whenever I'm looking up transactions, a large percentage show their location as being off the coast of west Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. I know that it just means the server which first relayed this was located there... but is there some special operation or server there which is becoming some sort of centralized node?
Any ideas?
Example:
http://blockchain.info/tx/bb0035f8b02f7e716d14a90505ffdf00e4b71a3e6030c41abebf7129915bd42a/bb0035f8b02f7e716d14a90505ffdf00e4b71a3e6030c41abebf7129915bd42a
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:06:05 PM
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Lat 0 Lon 0. Probably just means they don't have location data.
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:07:51 PM
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127.0.0.1 (localhost) shows there. Default location i guess.
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:14:01 PM
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this is just an empty data entry. they should finally catch that and don't display this silly map in that case.
i can even sell them a spare if(...) { ... } clause for their java backend, just 0.99 BTC today.
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
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Its where pirate's ship is anchored
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:24:22 PM
Last edit: September 07, 2012, 08:17:41 PM by klaus
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Quote from: Puppet on September 07, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Its where pirate's ship is anchored
+1000 LOOOOOOOOL
pirate in the Gulf of Guinea, surfin'
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 07:41:48 PM
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Quote from: Puppet on September 07, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Its where pirate's ship is anchored
LOL
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 07, 2012, 08:25:07 PM
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It's a subliminal message for the rest of the world showing that out of nothing, something of great magnitude has emerged. That, and it keeps the the old-world pirates--those without internet access--hunting for Bitcoin's Holy Gail: The Genesis Block. In the US, we've dubbed such a quasi-sport snipe hunting.
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 09, 2012, 09:07:43 AM
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Quote from: klaus on September 07, 2012, 07:24:22 PM
Quote from: Puppet on September 07, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Its where pirate's ship is anchored
+1000 LOOOOOOOOL
pirate in the Gulf of Guinea, surfin'
God, I can't get enough of that GIF.
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 09, 2012, 09:30:30 AM
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All that transactions are from 127.0.0.1, localhost, right? I think that these transactions are from blockchain.info/wallet.
Gods sent us a powerful tool - cryptography - to fight with those who are trying to exploit us. USE IT!!
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Re: Why so many transactions in the Gulf of Guinea?
September 09, 2012, 11:10:17 AM
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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on September 09, 2012, 09:07:43 AM
Quote from: klaus on September 07, 2012, 07:24:22 PM
Quote from: Puppet on September 07, 2012, 07:14:56 PM
Its where pirate's ship is anchored
+1000 LOOOOOOOOL
pirate in the Gulf of Guinea, surfin'
God, I can't get enough of that GIF.
This blood stained bill on his chest...
In the real picture of Pirateat40, he will be lit up like a candle after few happy frames?
While reading what I wrote, use the most friendliest and relaxing voice in your head.
BTW, Things in BTC bubble universes are getting ugly....
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