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[AnonX]

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[Blazr]

I call BS. I can't find it even mentioned anywhere else on the net.

[greyhawk]

I kinda doubt that. Kim spent most of last week hating on Black Ops 2.

[Benson Samuel]

It seems possible.

But, could use citations.

[darkmule]

Wouldn't this have noticeably spiked the price?

[Benson Samuel]

Doubt if it would have been noticed with all the Wordpress news as well at the same time.

[Spekulatius]

Wouldn't this have noticeably spiked the price?

If everybody else is also still looking for sources: No.

I cant find anything either and think its likely a hoax. No sources provided in tweet, only:

kim dotcom bought #Bitcoins for 5 millions USD over 2 weeks

So I think its BS. If however it would be proven soon price would skyrocket (15$, 20$?).

[BCB]

Tangible Cryptology is out of Bitcoin??

[MrTeal]

I'd say BS without some substantial proof, especially considering that most of the tweets from that person are for retarded MLM referral schemes.

[Yuhfhrh]

Extremely unlikely considering we are still under $12.

[SgtSpike]

Negative ghostrider.

[repentance]

Wouldn't this have noticeably spiked the price?

Not if exchanges weren't used.  While I suspect this report is bullshit, don't forget that there are people out there who'd welcome the chance to dump large amounts of Bitcoins under the radar - pirate, for one - and who don't need to get market price for them to make substantial profits.

[LiteBit]

Let's think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.

Go on, I'm listening.

Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.

Yeah, makes a man feel good.

'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?

What's your point?

The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.

But why do they put a guarantee on the box?

Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.

Okay, I'll buy from you.

[franky1]

unless kim is going to offer selling bitcoins i see no benefit in why kim would need to purchase large amounts of bitcoins.

i thought kims idea was to receive/accept bitcoins from users. to then cash out as fiat to pay real world costs of living a luxury lifestyle.

so unless kim becomes an exchange selling bitcoin to the community, i do not see this as being part of the business plan. but maybe a personal investment plan (if it were true) to grab a chunk of coins and as bitcoins recognition expands making that initial investment worth more.

[rebuilder]

I can see why a somewhat impulsive rich guy (assumptions based on media coverage) with a whole bunch of legal problems might want to stash some funds. But yes, evidence please.

[RodeoX]

I just sent him the question. Maybe he will say one way or the other?

[julz]

Hmm.. rumours like this make me bearish on Bitcoin for some reason.
I guess it smacks of desperation and fanboi pumpism - and I think that how bitcoin is perceived is one of the primary factors in adoption rate at the moment.

I got no bites on a facebook offer to give away 0.1BTC to friends who posted an address.. I only posted yesterday.. but still - if ya can't give em away.. what mogul is going to rush in with a 5Mil purchase?

(maybe only $1 worth is a bit small to be giving away.. but it was partly to see if people were even curious about bitcoin. Not even a 'like' so far.. but hey I only have a little over 100 friends - so perhaps not surprising.)

[Benson Samuel]

I got no bites on a facebook offer to give away 0.1BTC to friends who posted an address.. I only posted yesterday.. but still - if ya can't give em away.. what mogul is going to rush in with a 5Mil purchase?

I don't mind biting on that 0.1 BTC.

[nobbynobbynoob]

I got no bites on a facebook offer to give away 0.1BTC to friends who posted an address.. I only posted yesterday.. but still - if ya can't give em away.. what mogul is going to rush in with a 5Mil purchase?

(maybe only $1 worth is a bit small to be giving away.. but it was partly to see if people were even curious about bitcoin. Not even a 'like' so far.. but hey I only have a little over 100 friends - so perhaps not surprising.)

I've been facing similar issues. Can't even give away BTC0,10 or 0,25, as I've tried. I'm curious to see whether an offer of BTC25 would work, though! However, not all's lost. I've got a couple of friends/contacts on FB and G+ interested in BTC. Two of those friends live in the southern hemisphere, including one in Africa (Botswana). That my Botswanan friend is interested in Bitcoin doesn't surprise me, seeing as he's intelligent, a scientist in a national institute and posted earlier on FB complaining about the severe inflation rate of his local currency! Perfect foil for BTC. Hopefully he'll get some of his local friends in on the act and hey presto, an expanding BTC economy in Botswana.

[marcus_of_augustus]

AFAIK Kim Dotcom's assets were all frozen and he is living on only 'small' amounts that the court grants him ... i.e. I don't think he has access to $5 million.