|
Snapman
|
 |
September 05, 2012, 12:16:44 PM |
|
I wouldn't be at all surprised if this wasn't a Federal operation designed to target bitcoin just a little more as an excuse to put it under the jurisdiction of some Federal police force.
"We must use all available resources to defend against these threats against our fine upstanding citizens such as Mitt Romney by these dangerous hacker tools..." would be the general tone of the already pre-written communique sitting in some bureaucrats desk at Treasury, FBI or DHS.
Thats exactly what it is. Sad its come down to a 1040 hoax with these guys. |
BTCRadio: 17cafKShokyQCbaNuzaDo5HLoSnffMNPAs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Bitcoin network protocol was designed to be extremely flexible. It can be used to create timed transactions, escrow transactions, multi-signature transactions, etc. The current features of the client only hint at what will be possible in the future.
|
|
|
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
|
|
|
cbeast
Donator
Legendary
 Offline
Activity: 1736
Merit: 1006
Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
|
|
September 05, 2012, 12:32:59 PM |
|
I expect now that a Romney supporting vigilante will put a $10M bitcoin ransom on the blackmailer's head. Problem solved QED.
|
Any significantly advanced cryptocurrency is indistinguishable from Ponzi Tulips.
|
|
|
eldentyrell
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 980
Merit: 1004
felonious vagrancy, personified
|
|
September 05, 2012, 12:37:44 PM |
|
I find it odd that this is the only paper to report this..
Yep. |
The printing press heralded the end of the Dark Ages and made the Enlightenment possible, but it took another three centuries before any country managed to put freedom of the press beyond the reach of legislators. So it may take a while before cryptocurrencies are free of the AML-NSA-KYC surveillance plague.
|
|
|
eldentyrell
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 980
Merit: 1004
felonious vagrancy, personified
|
|
September 05, 2012, 12:39:05 PM |
|
This is involuntary conformation to established campaign disclosure precedent.
I didn't rob the bank, I just made an unauthorized withdrawal! |
The printing press heralded the end of the Dark Ages and made the Enlightenment possible, but it took another three centuries before any country managed to put freedom of the press beyond the reach of legislators. So it may take a while before cryptocurrencies are free of the AML-NSA-KYC surveillance plague.
|
|
|
|
BkkCoins
|
|
September 05, 2012, 12:45:28 PM |
|
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros. |
|
|
|
cbeast
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1736
Merit: 1006
Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
|
|
September 05, 2012, 12:52:17 PM |
|
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfu |
Any significantly advanced cryptocurrency is indistinguishable from Ponzi Tulips.
|
|
|
|
BkkCoins
|
|
September 05, 2012, 01:00:29 PM |
|
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfuOh, that's hilarious but I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. Well at least between this and the bitfloor hack we're getting some entertainment tonight. |
|
|
|
squid
Member
Offline
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
|
|
September 05, 2012, 01:16:10 PM |
|
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfuOh, that's hilarious but I have no idea what it's supposed to mean. Well at least between this and the bitfloor hack we're getting some entertainment tonight. You forgot to put hack in quotes~ |
|
|
|
|
|
axus
|
|
September 05, 2012, 01:20:54 PM |
|
Obviously someone is hoping that there's something blackmail worthy in the tax returns, and putting out the blackmail message for the 1% chance at a million dollars. It costs them nothing to try.
Making a big deal about this would be great for the Romney campaign. They refuse to pay, which sways public sentiment to not releasing tax returns, and no tax returns gets released because it's a bluff.
|
|
|
|
|
Mushroomized
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1470
Merit: 1002
Hello!
|
|
September 05, 2012, 01:32:15 PM |
|
I have important information regarding Ron Pauls favorite icecream flavor, please send 1,000 bitcoins to this address
1LbkeXvcyi622UymtVmiieZF7XLNzFiMYy
or I will release the embarrassing icecream flavor choice to the public!
|
hi
|
|
|
|
barbarousrelic
|
|
September 05, 2012, 01:46:39 PM |
|
If this was real, they would have provided some kind of proof they possess these documents. Perhaps the information from a non-incriminating line, which would only be known by Romney or someone who has the documents. Kidnappers always send a photo of the kidnapped person holding today's newspaper to prove they have the person and they're alive.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
|
Do not waste your time debating whether Bitcoin can work. It does work.
"Early adopters will profit" is not a sufficient condition to classify something as a pyramid or Ponzi scheme. If it was, Apple and Microsoft stock are Ponzi schemes.
There is no such thing as "market manipulation." There is only buying and selling.
|
|
|
|
JDBound
|
|
September 05, 2012, 03:10:43 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severian
|
|
September 05, 2012, 03:15:40 PM |
|
Drudge is now linking this Further evidence that this whole thing is a psyop. |
|
|
|
|
jimbobway
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1304
Merit: 1014
|
|
September 05, 2012, 03:29:41 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
sadpandatech
|
|
September 05, 2012, 03:43:02 PM |
|
How many Americans still play online poker? It can be done using VPNs, a foreign bank account and foreign mailing address, but nobody bothers because of the hassle.
http://vector.cobalt-sky.com/pokerplayers/displaytables.aspx?tableid=0004&height=903&reportid=7&clear=trueaccording to this site any hows. There are many others. But since the US banks first starting to decline online poke deposits the US players have reamerged in fairly large numbers. It would be interesting to see a comparison of the numbers before and after the banking changes. |
If you're not excited by the idea of being an early adopter 'now', then you should come back in three or four years and either tell us "Told you it'd never work!" or join what should, by then, be a much more stable and easier-to-use system.
- GA
It is being worked on by smart people. -DamienBlack
|
|
|
|
sadpandatech
|
|
September 05, 2012, 04:04:33 PM |
|
If this was real, they would have provided some kind of proof they possess these documents. Perhaps the information from a non-incriminating line, which would only be known by Romney or someone who has the documents. Kidnappers always send a photo of the kidnapped person holding today's newspaper to prove they have the person and they're alive.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
Did you read the article? It lists a very specific location from where the tax returns were taken. I would imagine if the tax returns were actually in that location, they might have them. They also mention a scanned signature image. could just mean they knew where the firms office was and not much else. Also, unless they show the scan AND the scan contains the signature and part of the form showing what year and what document it is, i.e., 1040 then it could just be a copy of his signature from any where.. |
If you're not excited by the idea of being an early adopter 'now', then you should come back in three or four years and either tell us "Told you it'd never work!" or join what should, by then, be a much more stable and easier-to-use system.
- GA
It is being worked on by smart people. -DamienBlack
|
|
|
|
sadpandatech
|
|
September 05, 2012, 04:08:54 PM |
|
Well, I didn't say it was good proof! Perhaps they feel what they have shown is enough?
Not sure what they might be thinking on it. Mainly because I have not seen it where I could make a semi-informed opinion on their mindset. Have you by chnace seen this sig scan? |
If you're not excited by the idea of being an early adopter 'now', then you should come back in three or four years and either tell us "Told you it'd never work!" or join what should, by then, be a much more stable and easier-to-use system.
- GA
It is being worked on by smart people. -DamienBlack
|
|
|
jimbobway
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1304
Merit: 1014
|
|
September 05, 2012, 04:16:00 PM |
|
This seems like a hoax. Time to move on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CoinDiver
|
|
September 05, 2012, 04:51:00 PM |
|
This seems like a hoax. Time to move on.
"Reference to avoid Fakes that only you will have. 1.all these considerations did not deter me from the path of duty 2.he moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father" I'm guessing this was included to prove to PwC that the theft was legit. I would imagine the lawsuit for allowing the data to be stolen will cost them far more than than $1M. |
|
|
|
|
