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September 09, 2014, 08:13:46 AM |
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Some troll hacker has claimed to have gained access to satoshin@gmx.com (Satoshi Nakamoto's email account) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.0He is asking for 25 BTC donation in order to reveal Satoshi's true identity and other related info. Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker?
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chennan
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September 09, 2014, 08:21:16 AM |
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Ignored such claimant. Probably scam! If the hacker finds the private key of Satoshin's bitcoin account, he will be silent and cash out the bitcoin to spend.
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marcotheminer
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September 09, 2014, 08:23:36 AM |
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The more you talk about it the more he will continue to troll. All everyone has to do is ignore what's happening and move on.
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carpetbagger
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September 09, 2014, 09:08:35 AM |
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Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker?
Because it's illegal, I'm pretty sure. Edit: IANAL
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naxin
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September 09, 2014, 09:24:56 AM |
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Some troll hacker has claimed to have gained access to satoshin@gmx.com (Satoshi Nakamoto's email account) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.0He is asking for 25 BTC donation in order to reveal Satoshi's true identity and other related info. Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker? [Threatening to] Dox someone makes it okay to murder them? Satoshi would be ashamed.
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Sutters Mill
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September 09, 2014, 10:31:40 AM |
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He probably doesn't have any info on Satoshi and if he does what does that have to do with us? He's just begging for donations. He could still release the info even if he got money anyway so it's pointless. Just let him have his five minutes of fun.
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oceans
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September 09, 2014, 10:50:22 AM |
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This hacker even if they wanted that amount of BTC does not have any solid proof they have what he says he has and even if he does have it why would we want to know it? If this person truly has the details then why would they want to give the details away if they could cash out themselves and probably get more?
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September 09, 2014, 10:52:48 AM |
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Some troll hacker has claimed to have gained access to satoshin@gmx.com (Satoshi Nakamoto's email account) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.0He is asking for 25 BTC donation in order to reveal Satoshi's true identity and other related info. Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker? Excellent idea! And we'll have a user with ten posts or less act as the escrow agent.
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Scott J
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September 09, 2014, 10:55:17 AM |
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Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker?
Because that would be immoral, disproportionate and counter-productive.
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September 09, 2014, 10:55:31 AM |
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Where did the hacker ask for 25btc? Maybe i missed that bit. Don't really think we need a bounty, if the US goverment thinks this guy has info on Satoshi then they would probably be already beating it out of him.
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blatchcorn
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September 09, 2014, 11:08:38 AM |
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Has it been confirmed yet whether he has truly hacked the email or just registered it after expiring?
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minerpumpkin
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September 09, 2014, 11:29:00 AM |
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Because putting bounties on people is a very dumb thing to do, in my opinion. We're trying to push a decentralized currency, not backed by a single entity, yet suddenly we get all afraid because an email account got hacked? That sounds pretty childish!
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I should have gotten into Bitcoin back in 1992...
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sgk (OP)
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September 09, 2014, 11:39:36 AM |
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Where did the hacker ask for 25btc? Maybe i missed that bit.
http://pastebin.com/7gbPi8Qr
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Jamie_Boulder
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September 09, 2014, 11:45:58 AM |
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Not sure why everyone cares so much about a throw away e-mail lol
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carpetbagger
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September 09, 2014, 12:19:46 PM |
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Has it been confirmed yet whether he has truly hacked the email or just registered it after expiring?
Yes it's been confirmed. Jesus.
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Sutters Mill
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September 09, 2014, 12:55:30 PM |
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Not sure why everyone cares so much about a throw away e-mail lol
Well something like this is bound to cause excitement and intrigue especially in these slow and unexciting bitcoin times.
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R2D221
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September 09, 2014, 01:45:13 PM |
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Has it been confirmed yet whether he has truly hacked the email or just registered it after expiring?
Yes it's been confirmed. Jesus. Do you have a link with such confirmation?
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September 09, 2014, 02:04:56 PM |
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I suspect the hacker is bluffing. Just look at the way Bitcoin is set up, there is a paranoid level of security in key pair implementation alone - elliptic curve multiplication, SHA256, and RIPEMD-160 - he knows better than most that hackers will find a way. He would not leave such an obvious trace. IP Address maybe, but the hacker claiming "The fool used a primary gmx under his full name and had aliases set up underneath it" just screams bullshit.
Unless Satoshi wanted to be found. I imagine there could be a few benefits that come along with accepting the identity of Bitcoin's creator.
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September 09, 2014, 02:16:13 PM |
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Some troll hacker has claimed to have gained access to satoshin@gmx.com (Satoshi Nakamoto's email account) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.0He is asking for 25 BTC donation in order to reveal Satoshi's true identity and other related info. Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker? You're a confirmed scumbag for the title of the post.
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sgk (OP)
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September 09, 2014, 05:00:04 PM |
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Some troll hacker has claimed to have gained access to satoshin@gmx.com (Satoshi Nakamoto's email account) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=775174.0He is asking for 25 BTC donation in order to reveal Satoshi's true identity and other related info. Why shouldn't we start a fund raiser to collect 50 BTC and offer it as bounty to whoever tracks and shoots this hacker? You're a confirmed scumbag for the title of the post. Thank you, duly noted. Next, please!
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