Even my grandpa would not take his threat seriously considering the way he has conveyed it.
In general, all bumb threats are taken seriously.
Does anyone think this is a viable method to get Bitcoin payouts?
Some say there is no bad publicity. What worries me much more though is if this becomes a big thing. Imagine this: terror threats with the capacity of internet spammers! All it takes is one actual bomb, and millions of spam emails will make it impossible to know which is real.
"no bad publicity" is horse shit, especially when geopolitics and the very institution of banking financial servitude are involved. They are conditioning the population that crypto is used for evil things, preparing us for the day they enact serious restrictions on it. It IS going to happen, it is just a matter of time. Watch as you see the state sanctioned good coins, and all the other coins become the Iranian, ISIS, Russian, drug dealer, North Korean, hacker, Chinese, global warming coins.
They are paving the way for the crypto lock down so they can then pull the plug on the regular financial system so crypto doesn't serve as a lifeboat for escape, because every dollar you lose in the fire sale they get to keep. Really though the money is just a tool to extract total control and submission from all of us.