AVOID BFL... there is just no reason to buy anything from them.
You wanna hear a really scary thought? Best be sitting down for this one. What if... are you sitting?... What if Sonny Vleisides was the backbone of Bitcoin all along, and now that he's in the hoosegow with you... Holy fuck! Who's feeding her chickens?
Well, that is a good one...
I want to believe that all those scammers and crooks that infest the bitcoin ecosystem were independently attracted to it by the unique features of bitcoin -- anonymity, lack of regulation, transfer anywhere in the world without going through banks, a naive community with money to spare, ... I assumed that each scammer recognized the other scammers "by smell", and cooperated with them instinctively, by a natural tacit agreement -- "You will pretend not tp see my scam, and I will pretend not to see yours." So it was, I thought, that Danny Brewster "helped" Ukyo to "resolve" the BitFunder affair, and that the Bitcoin Foundation never had a bad word to say about any scammer.
But indeed there is another possibility: that all those scammers were part of a single gang, that saw the "potential" of bitcoin years ago, and recruited suitable soldiers to run the individual scams and occupy key posts in the system...
(Dang, I am running out of tinfoil.)
Damn, I knew I should've purchased more shares of Alcoa last Thursday.
Here's some more shit to ponder:
Just ordered another single with bitcoins ... looks like they're using bit-pay now
The blanked Bitcoin address is
1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXdPeople, you can't expect to protect your addresses if you talk about the amount of BTC that was involved in the transaction, and/or if you give the time of the transaction. Remember that the blockchain is public...
Note the address:
1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXdA question was once asked:
4.) Who owns the 18UxwNVLPo7vyRkCgs5wusUfhhbMYhApAu address? Is that Eclipse?That address was first used on 2012-04-04 03:09:07 GMT as shown here:
https://blockchain.info/tx/be7b4664076706e55b6c81a4790f3f0032a1f7520e8edbbc22ad5ac9eb2a3c00It's the second transaction I choose to use for illustration purposes:
https://blockchain.info/tx/301a6cc7ba014d6cd966c94398203384a23bb29696d13c8f96928cef292ead12 at 2012-04-04 11:54:36 GMT.
It received funds from
https://blockchain.info/address/1CQDJ8j7qRzPqT5PfDNGxgqA1J5ovUrMCd at 2012-04-04 11:54:36 GMT.
In turn, the above received funds from
https://blockchain.info/address/1FQ7RTfXxXUBrWg1UUJ6r2j8SxfMUsUEQL at 2012-04-04 03:48:49 GMT.
And finally, the above received its sole funds from
https://blockchain.info/address/1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXd also at 2012-04-04 03:48:49 GMT. (proof below)
https://blockchain.info/address/1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXd is 100% one of BitPay's bitcoin wallet address, they even coming to the tread verifying such, so that's a given. It has had only 28 transactions to date, currently with a 0 BTC balance.
It's this address
https://blockchain.info/address/1MgotZQSJC2zSim2Vp8rjmz3p6frf7EACo that was used to pay for the BitForce SHA256 Single to BFL via BitPay at 2012-04-04 01:49:29 GMT (shown below).
Pause: There's nothing nefarious about the transaction above. It's only used to show that a miner was purchased from BFL by a Bitcoiner on this forum and that BitPay was used for the transaction. That's all! It's the subsequent transactions that I'll be using to state my case.
So, to recap the transactions thus far:
1MgotZQSJC2zSim2Vp8rjmz3p6frf7EACo ---> 1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXd @ 2012-04-04 01:49:29 GMT
1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXd ---> 1FQ7RTfXxXUBrWg1UUJ6r2j8SxfMUsUEQL @ 2012-04-04 03:48:49 GMT
1FQ7RTfXxXUBrWg1UUJ6r2j8SxfMUsUEQL ---> 1CQDJ8j7qRzPqT5PfDNGxgqA1J5ovUrMCd @ 2012-04-04 03:48:49 GMT
1CQDJ8j7qRzPqT5PfDNGxgqA1J5ovUrMCd ---> 18UxwNVLPo7vyRkCgs5wusUfhhbMYhApAu @ 2012-04-04 11:54:36 GMT
Bombo999 posted at April 03, 2012, 09:09:31 PM CST after placing his order at 8:49:29 PM CST, 9:49:29 in Atlanta, GA, well past normal operating hours, ergo all transactions up to the last one above can safely be assumed were done automatically via some set parameters. The last transaction's time equates to 2012-04-04 @ 6:54:36 AM CST as in Kansas City.
1MgotZQSJC2zSim2Vp8rjmz3p6frf7EACo: Bombo999
1jyAQDoog4F4UFDt8nQCc2bTDGKcWydXd: BitPay
1FQ7RTfXxXUBrWg1UUJ6r2j8SxfMUsUEQL and 1CQDJ8j7qRzPqT5PfDNGxgqA1J5ovUrMCd: Assume BitPay
18UxwNVLPo7vyRkCgs5wusUfhhbMYhApAu: ? (not sure yet)
Next, we have this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130625050854/http://sonofodi.weebly.com/1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ - chip sales
Safely assume that sonofodi is none other than Sonny Vleisides as proven beyond a shadow of a doubt here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=150803.msg7027843#msg7027843According to: view-source:https://web.archive.org/web/20130625050854/http://sonofodi.weebly.com/
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20130625050854cs_/http://cdn2.editmysite.com/css/sites.css?buildTime=1371752720" type="text/css" /><link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'
1371752720 equates to Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:25:20 GMT. On the archived site is the following pic:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130625050854/http://sonofodi.weebly.com/Note the flood and golf course. Now, watch this: Deer Creek Golf Course flooded by rain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm4aEeHJ_4E According to the following, the flood occurred on the morning of May 31, 2013:
http://www.kshb.com/news/news-photo-gallery/photos-high-water-in-and-around-kansas-city-after-morning-thunderstorm-may-31-2013Now, check this out:
http://static.squarespace.com/static/52829703e4b0920e1902d6c4/t/5292ceebe4b0af26b639a671/1385352939859/EOYC%20BoD%20Minutes%205.20.13.pdfPaul Foltz (Fundraising)
- Paul now has tax-exempt form for sales tax. Alec will attach the form on the
e-mail with the minutes.
- Paul Foltz, Bob Andrews and Tom Vleisides (Annunciation) have been
working to complete EOYC Camp Policies Document that Annunciation has
been requesting. It is close to completion.
o Intro paragraph: Legal names of KC churches will be included.
o 2. Insurance: Last line, we would like to drop “per person”.
o 4. Staffing: “best effort” was changed to “EOYC shall provide”.
- Golf Tourney info: We are going to move to Deer Creek. Cost is $40 per head.
Drink and food can be donated for $10 per person
- Sept. 28th is the date. Alec will get the contract signed this week.
From the above, we've gleaned:
- May 31, 2013: Flood in KC
- June 20, 2013: Sonofodi site created
- June 25, 2013: Sonofodi site archived
- A Vleisides, as most are, are affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church in KC
- Tom Vleisides was instrumental in a fundraising campaign in said church
- The fundraising event consisted of a Golf outing at Deer Creek
- Deer Creek was flooded prior to the creation of the Sonofodi site owned by Sonny Vleisides
- Sonny Vleisides is related to Tom Vleisides
The only thing I've yet to accomplish is find the house depicted and its owner, connecting said to Sonny. The one thing we can probably say for sure is that the flood depicted in the image occurred on May 31, 2013, in KC.
Now, back to that address:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130625050854/http://sonofodi.weebly.com/1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ - chip sales
https://blockchain.info/address/1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ has only 4 transactions. Here's the first one:
https://blockchain.info/tx/ce1000c2b32d26f472730d9e6e0c92da946c7beda8e7bdbe654194ea4925f49d at 2013-06-25 04:15:52
As pointed out by some other -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=150803.msg7027843#msg7027843 - the 1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ bitcoin wallet address was never advertised elsewhere excepted on the archived site linked above, yet it was able to garner funds prior to the creation of Sonny Vleisides' site to the tune of 159.9273 BTC.
Looking at the final three transactions:
https://blockchain.info/address/1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ
Note the 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs bitcoin wallet address. Also note the
1DiPE4TnBczmPVoy53tffrd1iNPq87B3PB address:
https://blockchain.info/address/1DiPE4TnBczmPVoy53tffrd1iNPq87B3PBAlso
12uyvDAC8LNU8yGcW8dYLGPToSD2JenVfH:
https://blockchain.info/address/12uyvDAC8LNU8yGcW8dYLGPToSD2JenVfHBoth addresses (in bold) funds go to 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs the very next day as seen here:
https://blockchain.info/tx/827063279c43c50c3f4c690dbf491071386d80068115f48d0beee7e80b4c7f2f
Doing a taint analysis of the 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs bitcoin wallet address, we discover:
https://blockchain.info/taint/1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs
Notice the 18UxwNVLPo7vyRkCgs5wusUfhhbMYhApAu bitcoin wallet address at the very top? That's the same that Bombo999's bitcoins gravitated to within hours of him transferring coins via BitPay. (scroll up a tad if you missed it)
Hopefully, I've established that both Bombo999 bitcoins used to purchase a miner from BFL and Sonny Vleisides' 1Hq2t6dJcxqZjGda919p4c4tmopNRLciAJ address used to amass BTC from the sale of chips, gravitated to the 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs bitcoin wallet address.
Now, what else is the 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs address known for?
This:
As seen here -
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11283333.htm - the 1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs address was used as the infamous $1M USD down payment for the purchase of BFL Monarchs by HashTrade. But, clearly that's an impossibility, for that wallet address either belongs to BFL or BitPay, and I'm assuming the former. If the latter, then there be some 'splainin' to do on BitPay's part. And we sure the hell don't want that, for they're one of the few good guys playin' here in the Bitcoin space, and I love them, Tony, et al.
The bottom line is that NO FUCKIN' WAY does the
1QAHVyRzkmD4j1pU5W89htZ3c6D6E7iWDs bitcoin wallet address belong to HashTrade, and we can safely assume that BFL and HashTrade were/are pullin' a fast one, and, furthermore, BFL has a stash of bitcoins that's being kept from pryin' eyes, e.g., the IRS and Sonny's probation officer, for clearly there's some money laundering going on here, and you can bet your bottom satoshi that Josh Zerlan is smack dab in the middle of it.
It was Coinware's HashTrade, et al., that I was just starting to dig into when Josh, once again, called me out as a liar, going as far as offering up a 1 BTC bet that I couldn't go a month without lying. I proposed 10 BTC and two months, whereupon the bet was sealed. Then, in spite of others telling me to hush for two months, I continued to post even more, but had to be very mindful of what to post in BFL's threads for fear of losing the bet, but I did post plenty of safe posts. Come January, Josh did pay up, but for two months, then forward for a few more months, CoinWare, et al., was not discussed much till most recently, now that I've revived it.
If this goes to trail, at its end there'll be 12 angry monumental assholes convening for only a short while prior to coming back to the court room with their verdict - GUILTY!
~Bruno Kucinskas
