Please take this $16,600,522 before the government gets it...

[NewLiberty]

Total Received still = Final Balance. (none left as of this post)
https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a
Doesn't the US government already have more bitcoin than any other government as a result of Silk Road?
These coins in 1933 are not alleged to be, much less proven to be, Silk Road coins, right?
So even if you convinced yourself that you hated the US government, you still could not justify attacking this wallet.... right?

More ethics please.

The final balance keeps going down?
when I typed my initial post it was 15,000,000

Maybe you are looking at an exchange value?

Transactions
No. Transactions   74   
Total Received   111,114.60025818 BTC   
Final Balance   111,114.60025818 BTC

[videos4btc]

Total Received still = Final Balance. (none left as of this post)
https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a
Doesn't the US government already have more bitcoin than any other government as a result of Silk Road?
These coins in 1933 are not alleged to be, much less proven to be, Silk Road coins, right?
So even if you convinced yourself that you hated the US government, you still could not justify attacking this wallet.... right?

More ethics please.

The final balance keeps going down?
when I typed my initial post it was 15,000,000

Maybe you are looking at an exchange value?

Transactions
No. Transactions   74   
Total Received   111,114.60025818 BTC   
Final Balance   111,114.60025818 BTC

strange stuff nah....dollar value on this: https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a

Now it is $ 15,016,027.08 . I think I'm just going crazy...

[sidhujag]

usa sux shit

[crazy_rabbit]

Please take this $16,600,522 before the government gets it...

https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a

The way things are going for DPR, those coins might be gone forever.

[DoomDumas]

Maybe this adress is a bitcoin destructor (no known private key) and a rich entity is trying to destroy as much bitcoin as possible..  Long way to go, less than 1% coin in this adress..

[favdesu]

Brute force won't work.

His roommates reported...
Ulbricht was more often seen curled up in a living roof sofa reading—possibly sci-fi novels from the local library–when not at his computer.

and he was arrested in the tiny science fiction section of the Glen Park (SF) library.

private key is based on text from
http://www.freewebs.com/yotopia2/Heinlein-Stranger-In-A-Strange-Land.pdf

alright, let's assume this is correct and he did in fact use a brainwallet:

address is: 1933...

so I tried page 19 paragraph 33 - nothing

I went to page 9, that's the start of chapter III

but nothing :<

[NewLiberty]

Brute force won't work.

His roommates reported...
Ulbricht was more often seen curled up in a living roof sofa reading—possibly sci-fi novels from the local library–when not at his computer.

and he was arrested in the tiny science fiction section of the Glen Park (SF) library.

private key is based on text from
http://www.freewebs.com/yotopia2/Heinlein-Stranger-In-A-Strange-Land.pdf

alright, let's assume this is correct and he did in fact use a brainwallet:

address is: 1933...

so I tried page 19 paragraph 33 - nothing

I went to page 9, that's the start of chapter III

but nothing :<

Different editions, different printings, different words...  How many are there for the classic Heinlein SiaSL?
Even if it is lost pirate treasure...

[favdesu]

Different editions, different printings, different words...  How many are there for the classic Heinlein SiaSL?
Even if it is lost pirate treasure...

true... mh, someone should probably visit that library...

[TippingPoint]

Different editions, different printings, different words...  How many are there for the classic Heinlein SiaSL?
Even if it is lost pirate treasure...

true... mh, someone should probably visit that library...

OK

specific edition:
Author    Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988
Title    Stranger in a strange land.
Publication Info.    New York : Putnam, [1961]
ISBN    0441790348
Description    408 p. 22 cm.

The brain wallet key may be based on a book in the science fiction section of the Glen Park branch of the San Francisco Public Library.





Hint: he was looking at Heinlein (they only have Stranger in a Strange Land)

specific edition:  
Author    Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988
Title    Stranger in a strange land.
Publication Info.    New York : Putnam, [1961]
ISBN    0441790348
Description    408 p. 22 cm.

Remember me ↓

[sidhujag]

Brute force won't work.

His roommates reported...
Ulbricht was more often seen curled up in a living roof sofa reading—possibly sci-fi novels from the local library–when not at his computer.

and he was arrested in the tiny science fiction section of the Glen Park (SF) library.

private key is based on text from
http://www.freewebs.com/yotopia2/Heinlein-Stranger-In-A-Strange-Land.pdf

alright, let's assume this is correct and he did in fact use a brainwallet:

address is: 1933...

so I tried page 19 paragraph 33 - nothing

I went to page 9, that's the start of chapter III

but nothing :<

1933 could be a year... something happen in 1933 in the book?

[Melbustus]

1933 could be a year... something happen in 1933 in the book?

Yes, it's obviously referring to the year 1933. Every good monetary historian, libertarian, and decentralist knows that 1933 is the year FDR confiscated gold from the citizenry and then promptly re-valued it, thereby thieving 70% of the value from the people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102

I think it's a safe assumption that a bitcoin early adopter with a wallet starting with "1933" was referring to this. Doesn't mean it's DPR's wallet, though.

[greyhawk]

I'll get right on to that.


EDIT: The password is "swordfish"

password = PrInCeSs BuTtErCuP5.0

Hey it's easy. The password is 1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a too.  

Hint:
The password starts with the number 5

5wordfish

Told you so.

[NewLiberty]

Brute force won't work.

His roommates reported...
Ulbricht was more often seen curled up in a living roof sofa reading—possibly sci-fi novels from the local library–when not at his computer.

and he was arrested in the tiny science fiction section of the Glen Park (SF) library.

private key is based on text from
http://www.freewebs.com/yotopia2/Heinlein-Stranger-In-A-Strange-Land.pdf

alright, let's assume this is correct and he did in fact use a brainwallet:

address is: 1933...

so I tried page 19 paragraph 33 - nothing

I went to page 9, that's the start of chapter III

but nothing :<

1933 could be a year... something happen in 1933 in the book?

Hunting a wild goose is sort of fun, but I am reticent on the matter.  This really looks like a cloud-sourced theft attempt, and so not meriting my code-breaking chops.
That aside, I'd doubt the address is a firstbits address.
1933 was the year that Heinlein contracted Tubercluosis, causing him to retire from the Navy.
It isn't really a significant year in his novels, I've read most:


But if I were looking for a code for it, and was assuming it to be DPR's, June and July 2011 would be the time to think about, not the time near the arrest.

It may not be DPR's.  If it is, why do you feel entitled to hack at it?
Freeing the bitcoins from this wallet may cause you more harm than enrichment.
Oh ye with breath within yer chest.   Touch not, the cursed coins!

[TippingPoint]

It may not be DPR's.  If it is, why do you feel entitled to hack at it?

See the thread title.

They have his computer, and will analyze every sector and cluster on it, erased or not.

[NewLiberty]

It may not be DPR's.  If it is, why do you feel entitled to hack at it?

See the thread title.

They have his computer, and will analyze every sector and cluster on it, erased or not.

Yes, though I suspect that will not provide much more than what they have already in this regard.

So... either you are hoping to be stealing from him (or someone else), or you are doing a favor for him (and aiding and abetting an alleged criminal), or stealing from a government?

Please don't misunderstand, I am not judging you, I am just curious.  I don't know whose wallet it is (despite circumstantial evidence), or what your thinking is on the matter.  As a puzzle to be solved, it promises to be a fun one...to think about.  Codebreaking is great fun.  It just "feels" wrong to me, personally, to act on it.  Like trespassing in a landmine sort of wrong.   But then, as much as I am not anonymous, I deeply respect the anonymity and privacy of others, as well as the boundaries of mine/not-mine.  Further, I am not at war with *anything* so I have no extra justifications for challenging my own ethical boundaries.

I do heartily wish you every good fortune, and safe travels on your adventure with this.

If no one opens it, it just reduces the total bitcoin in circulation which improves the value of all bitcoin now by 1% (and later by .5%), yes?  That seems OK to me too.

[favdesu]

So... either you are hoping to be stealing from him (or someone else), or you are doing a favor for him (and aiding and abetting an alleged criminal), or stealing from a government?

would it be stealing if someone would own the private key in your opinion?

[BitTrade]

If no one opens it, it just reduces the total bitcoin in circulation which improves the value of all bitcoin now by 1% (and later by .5%), yes?  That seems OK to me too.

Theoretically, it seems like this would not raise the value of bitcoin by 1%.  For example, if you eliminate 50% of all the bitcoins, it would double the value of each existing bitcoin (+100%), since half the coins are seeking the same amount of goods.  

I'm not sure what the equation is for the theoretical rise in value given X% amount of coins removed from circulation, but it's not (2X).  It seems exponential in my head, but maybe an economist could chime in.

[TippingPoint]

So... either you are hoping to be stealing from him (or someone else), or you are doing a favor for him (and aiding and abetting an alleged criminal), or stealing from a government?

I look at it this way...

Please take this $16,600,522 before the government gets it...

[Gladdy]

lol , people are taking the add to do advertise !

[niothor]

First was about stealing the fbi bitcoins or prevent them from using it (mining cartel) , now steal from an unidentified person...

Glad to see the bitcoin community is going homer simpson