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November 18, 2013, 05:46:01 PM |
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This is the first comment on the site:
"Just in time for today's Senate hearings on Bitcoin. How convenient."
I think that about sums it up...
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Singlebyte
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November 18, 2013, 05:48:39 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
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Raoul Duke
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November 18, 2013, 05:50:05 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
That should be law enforcements job, not ours. But be my guest... |
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DeathAndTaxes
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November 18, 2013, 05:52:08 PM
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
My first reaction is false flag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flagIt is a really bad headline which undermines Bitcoin even if fake. It gives ammunition to Senators, isn't there going to be a hearing pretty soon? |
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Raoul Duke
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November 18, 2013, 05:58:38 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
My first reaction is false flag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flagThere are very very very few people who have 75,000 BTC. I can't imagine any of them would like to piss away $45M and harm Bitcoin. Then again it is a really bad headline which undermines Bitcoin even if fake. It gives ammunition to Senators, isn't there going to be a hearing pretty soon? 125 BTC, US$75,000. That's the bounty, not 75,000 BTC. |
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BalkanBoy
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November 18, 2013, 06:10:38 PM |
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Not only is this fake, I'm betting it's probably created by people who do not want BitCoin to succeed.... Use your imagination.
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DeathAndTaxes
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November 18, 2013, 06:14:22 PM |
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125 BTC, US$75,000. That's the bounty, not 75,000 BTC.
Correct. DOH. Seeing the link link ("75000 BTC") caused me to go into the article with a predisposed opinion. Human brain is funny sometimes. I still think it is a false flag but at $75,000 the odds that it is some legit moron increases. |
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November 18, 2013, 06:21:25 PM |
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Of course it is a false flag. Nobody is going to get $75,000 worth of benefit from his death when there is a laundry list of bernanke wannabees lined up behind him. It's so preposterous that it should help bitcoin.
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November 18, 2013, 08:20:49 PM |
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Of course it is a false flag. Nobody is going to get $75,000 worth of benefit from his death when there is a laundry list of bernanke wannabees lined up behind him. It's so preposterous that it should help bitcoin.
just $75,000  ? stupid. |
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Carlton Banks
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November 18, 2013, 08:43:31 PM |
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Of course it is a false flag. Nobody is going to get $75,000 worth of benefit from his death when there is a laundry list of bernanke wannabees lined up behind him. It's so preposterous that it should help bitcoin.
just $75,000 ? stupid. Risk > reward = no deal |
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November 19, 2013, 07:58:57 AM |
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come on; there's probably already millions in USD on this guy's head
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the hacks, the hacks, secure your bits!
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Firstbits: Compromised. Thanks, Android!
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November 19, 2013, 07:05:38 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. |
Bitcoin is the ultimate freedom test. It tells you who is giving lip service and who genuinely believes in it.
... ... In the future, books that summarize the history of money will have a line that says, “and then came bitcoin.” It is the economic singularity. And we are living in it now. - Ryan Dickherber... ... ATTENTION BFL MINING NEWBS: Just got your Jalapenos in? Wondering how to get the most value for the least hassle? Give BitMinter a try! It's a smaller pool with a fair & low-fee payment method, lots of statistical feedback, and it's easier than EasyMiner! (Yes, we want your hashing power, but seriously, it IS the easiest pool to use! Sign up in seconds to try it!)... ... The idea that deflation causes hoarding (to any problematic degree) is a lie used to justify theft of value from your savings.
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420
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November 19, 2013, 07:33:12 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. not necessarily true. but bernanke is going to be irrelevant by next year |
Donations: 1JVhKjUKSjBd7fPXQJsBs5P3Yphk38AqPr - TIPS
the hacks, the hacks, secure your bits!
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Raoul Duke
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November 19, 2013, 08:17:45 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. not necessarily true. but bernanke is going to be irrelevant by next year He's retiring? |
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November 19, 2013, 08:21:51 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. not necessarily true. but bernanke is going to be irrelevant by next year He's retiring? not really...but people here do have a tendency to talk nonsense. |
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Raoul Duke
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November 19, 2013, 10:04:19 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. not necessarily true. but bernanke is going to be irrelevant by next year He's retiring? not really...but people here do have a tendency to talk nonsense. OK. Then it's because Bitcoin will make him irrelevant. Thanks for the confirmation.  |
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November 19, 2013, 10:20:03 PM |
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Just messed up. We need to expose the idiot doing this. Just hurting the crypto community and is plain wrong.
No one is really doing this. It's all a ruse. Lies playing on the theater of fear to try to frame the debate and generate a desired response. Don't fall for it. not necessarily true. but bernanke is going to be irrelevant by next year He's retiring? not really...but people here do have a tendency to talk nonsense. He is stepping down at the end of the year. |
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November 19, 2013, 11:23:10 PM |
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false flag
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November 19, 2013, 11:33:46 PM |
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This is not some pseudoeconomic post-modern Libertarian cult, it's an un-led, crowd-sourced mega startup organized around mutual self-interest where problems, whether of the theoretical or purely practical variety, are treated as temporary and, ultimately, solvable.
Censorship of e-gold was easy. Censorship of Bitcoin will be… entertaining.
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