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Author Topic: 2013-11-18 Zero Hedge: Bitcoin-Based Bounty For Bernanke's Assassination  (Read 2113 times)
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November 18, 2013, 04:54:22 PM
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-18/dark-web-exposes-75000-bitcoin-based-bounty-bernankes-assassination
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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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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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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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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_flag

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?


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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_flag

There 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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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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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  Cheesy ? stupid.

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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  Cheesy ? stupid.

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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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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.


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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

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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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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. Wink
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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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