Also if someone could do some blockchain analysis.
It has been stated on these boards previous that addresses assumed to belong to trendon shavers are acutally silk road addresses.
I'll go ahead and publicly verify the following:
Pirateat40 forum post detailing Dropbox link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45294.0https://i.imgur.com/zZuUA.png (In browser)
Image itself:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9280474/6970.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/AeGLy.jpg (In browser)
Search on Dropbox account number:
Query: "dl.dropbox.com/u/9280474"
http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/1732246-post9.htmlhttps://i.imgur.com/ywNMm.png (In browser)
Pirateat40 using "Dr. Tech" in IRC:
http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/2011/12/24/3(This link will also be referred to below regarding "rg")
Context of chat:
02:42 pirateat40 who wants to see 3.70 tonight?
02:42 rg dr trendon?
02:42 rg he wants to see it
02:42 pirateat40 woot
02:42 Coolty Right, well, I don't read this channel 24/7 so I have no idea what you were talking about
02:43 rg well
02:43 rg thats why i just told you
02:43 rg cock suck
02:43 Coolty Who is "they"
02:43 rg pirateat40 and BTC_Bear
02:43 Coolty Oh okay
02:43 pirateat40 rg, i think his name is Dr. Tech
02:43 pirateat40 not sure
EDIT: For more on this, I've provided updates later in this thread here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=120119.msg1402261#msg1402261Another IRC Log where you can see him using a Bitcoin address:
http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/2011/11/2218:21 pirateat40 Donate! Starting right now and until the next block I will be watching the Bitcoin-Otc donation address at 1F1dPZxdxVVigpGdsafnZ3cFBdMGDADFDe. For every donation over .25 I will and pay an additional .10. Nanotube, no cheating! GO!
18:22 nanotube vragnaroda: ic. seems dict and wict are in agreement today, then
18:22 nanotube pirateat40: O_O
18:22 vragnaroda Gee, that doesn't seem gamable.
18:22 mircea_popescu you will and what pirate ?
18:22 copumpkin rg: sure, just come to fenway
18:22 BTC_Bear nano, clone the .wa module for gribble... it super good
18:23 nanotube pirateat40: but also i'm glad you have already thought of my incentive to donate to myself haha
18:23 vragnaroda nanotube: It can also look stuff up on wolframalpha
18:23 gigavps pirateat40: you better check that address
18:23 pirateat40 for every donation over .25 i will make a donation of .10
Blockchain donation:
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/2082663/ce21749db8b11cb05a65b6e24d7d3b1ad93f018e8e461a5b759a6d3c0f15d46118:26 pirateat40 Time!
18:26 BARBARlAN maybe it doesnt work that way
18:26 mircea_popescu you can just query it barbarian
18:26 nanotube pirateat40: let me guess, 0 donations?
18:26 BARBARlAN .wa second biggest city china
18:26 vragnaroda BARBARlAN: It's true: it doesn't work in a way that you can have it do things in a channel it's not in.
18:26 mircea_popescu say, did that new guy, mr truffle or what was it ever manage to get gpg going ?
18:26 pirateat40 nanotube, one 1
18:26 BARBARlAN oh lol
18:27 pirateat40 .78825567
18:27 BARBARlAN *facepalm*
18:27 pirateat40 you guys all suck!
18:27 nanotube pirateat40: ooo, more than i thought
Later:
18:28 pirateat40 To: Bitcoin-OTC 1F1dPZxdxVVigpGdsafnZ3cFBdMGDADFDe
18:28 pirateat40 Net amount: -0.88875567 BTC
18:28 rg so much coffee today
18:29 cocktopus webchat ftl
18:29 nanotube pirateat40: wa, you took coins out of the otc address? O_O
18:29 pirateat40 yes!
18:29 pirateat40 nom nom nom
Transaction he made based on the "Net amount" listed above:
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/2082661/b7e9f5f46f0f17c90adbdd787d100d7009cb74391ae8639553b9bed1f18a8299Address he owns:
http://blockchain.info/address/1EJ88jYPA9HnGwr1JBJfrRUP3Mnp9PVgp9James 'rg' Edward referred above to a "trendon" in the IRC chat. He had an IPO for BitVPS:
http://polimedia.us/bitcoin/mpex.php?mpsic=S.BVPSGiven his early interactions and knowledge of his name, I have a feeling he has full contact information as well as information that may shed light on what other VPS servers are owned.