Recently
2double0 opened a
loan request thread asking for what turned out to be a 0.05
BTC loan (it looks like it might have originally been 0.06, but that is not really important).
I know based on blockchain evidence that 2double0 used to be owed by marcotheminer and believe he was for many years, however marco is/was also an account seller, so it is not out of the realm of possibility that it was sold.
What was strange is that marcotheminer was
vouching for him being "who he says he is" AND claiming to have given him a (apparently) no collateral loan from "
a while ago".
2double0 recently came back from a ~10 month hiatus, with his 1st post after returning made Jan 25, 2019 (a
loan request offering his account as collateral), and his last post before leaving was in March 2018 (
wrapping up a bounty campaign he was apparently running).
marco also recently came back from a hiatus, with his first post back being on Jan 16, 2019 (claiming a
giveaway), however on Jan 22, he reopened his
lending thread (that has subsequently been locked, apparently without making any additional loans), and the next day
asking for a 1 ETH loan, which was the same day 2double0 requested his loan. Before he left, his last post was in October 2018 (
asking to join a signature campaign), however this was only two posts, and prior to that he posted in May 2018, trying to sell a couple of domains, and prior to that was in June 2017.
Based on the above, I would say it is reasonable that marco and 2double0 are currently the same person, although I cannot rule out this not being the case. Perhaps someone can review the security log back to March 31, 2015 when marco confirmed to me that it was "in his possession".
It is obviously not proof of a scam that someone has multiple accounts or is involved in the account market "underworld". The vouch, strictly in regards to marco saying that 2double0 is "who he claims to be" might be something I can look past if they are the same person. The claiming to have given 2double0 is certainly not appropriate if they are the same person -- even though there is no claim of a successful repayment, it implies it is the opinion of a longstanding forum member with positive trust that someone can be trusted when no one else is saying as much -- if they are not the same person, it would mean marco sold this account, which would be somewhat of a conflict of interest to give this vouch.
I saw the above and was considering making a thread about this. I certainly do not approve of vouching for yourself, or giving what may be a fake no-collateral loans, but was somewhat on the fence about opening this thread, mostly because I have no way to efficiently go though the old security logs to check for evidence that 2double0 changed hands. However.....
The most damming part of the loan to 2double0 is the blockchain activity immidiately prior to hacker1001101001 making the loan. 2double0 asked for the loan to be funded to 1J4YGjWGyWSQ1U8VCTUeXn3XqMxiUhheZ7 and hacker1001101001 funded the loan via
txid 9e25bbb34f3c4504f3275c93502afe82efec15ecd04581b1d9f9f19dfc48aa6b, whose inputs are from 1JAYESHqohMYvXS4Do6ZNEYJiwZ588MVKi -- this transaction was confirmed in block 564462, which also confirmed a withdrawal from huobi in the amount of 0.0502 (enough for the loan plus a small amount for the tx fee), but the strange thing is that 8 blocks prior to hacker1001101001 receiving the withdrawal from huobi, he received 0.00001
BTC from 1J4YGjWGyWSQ1U8VCTUeXn3XqMxiUhheZ7 the address 2double0 asked the loan to be funded to. This might be circumstantial evidence that hacker1001101001 may be the same person as 2double0.
PS - the loan thread was immidiately locked after receiving the loan, which is a practice that I very much dislike, despite its stated goal of eliminating useless posts by those with paid signatures.
