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June 03, 2012, 05:21:57 PM |
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So, in regards to the Bitcoinica ordeal.... The Facts:Today, we have discovered a suspicious Bitcoin transaction that doesn't seem to be initiated by any one of the company owners. Some of them are not online at the moment so
this is not conclusive.
Suspicious transaction:
{
"account" : "",
"address" : "182tGyiczhXSSCTciVujNRkkMw1zQxUVhp",
"category" : "send",
"amount" : -18547.66867623,
"fee" : 0.00000000,
"blockhash" : "00000000000003f6bfd3e2fcbf76091853b28be234b5473a67f89b9d5bee019c",
"blockindex" : 1,
"txid" : "7a22917744aa9ed740faf3068a2f895424ed816ed1a04012b47df7a493f056e8",
"time" : 1336738723
}, The IP address associated with the above address is 91.121.174.223 (according to blockchain.info) So, just surfing around, I came across a few things that puzzle me:  So...The 'Receiver' of the 'SENT' bitcoins from Bitcoinica runs a pool on port80 ? ....and is generating blocks ? (as recently as June 1, 2012)  As I said, please forgive my ignorance, as I really do have no idea if any of this is even relevant, but I had to ask.... More links for your browsing pleasure maybe ?.... http://blockchain.info/tree/5416502http://blockchain.info/ip-address/91.121.174.223http://blockchain.info/tx-index/7504034/438fbc2bd1435a460743290ab8265a2e9a84589d55a40cb3e0c8f0d29f17a1b1http://blockchain.info/tree/7504034http://blockchain.info/address/1HBrT9Yjb4THfw7sFvAHtcU5q3vJrJMabqhttp://blockchain.info/tx-index/7428041/4def4f169ce16d730558b48ced612f478dc6c849a9c2b398b281170c5fbccf55I have no idea, as I said, if this is relevant, makes any sense....or is old news already. I just figured a post couldn't hurt. bitlane. |
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June 03, 2012, 05:24:17 PM |
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The main problem is that is not necessarily the IP that originated the transaction, just the first known to have relayed it. Any node will relay a valid transaction. What blockchain.info records is the first node it heard a transaction from, and if the originator does not have his own connection to blockchain.info's servers (a very probable thing) blockchain.info simply can't know the offenders IP.
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Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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vuce
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June 03, 2012, 05:24:31 PM |
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The IP address associated with the above address is 91.121.174.223 (according to blockchain.info)
This is just the IP of the one who relayed the transaction, as far as I know. |
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June 03, 2012, 05:25:40 PM |
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The IP means nothing.
It's just the IP that relayed that transaction to blockchain.info. Not who created it (maybe yes maybe no, no way to know)
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bitlane (OP)
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June 03, 2012, 05:26:14 PM |
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AAhh..OK.
Sorry guys.
As I said, I have no idea how to even use blockchain.info to 'follow' TXs...LOL
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June 03, 2012, 05:26:57 PM |
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LOL, bitcoins can't be traced to a IP.
the ip in blockchain.info, is the ip that forwarded the transaction to blockchain.info, it is therefor not from the original sender of the bitcoins.
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June 03, 2012, 05:28:39 PM |
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Felt like Sherlock for a sec, didn't you?  |
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June 03, 2012, 05:31:42 PM |
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Felt like Sherlock for a sec, didn't you? he is a Internet detective, LOL. |
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell
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bitlane (OP)
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June 03, 2012, 05:37:53 PM |
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Felt like Sherlock for a sec, didn't you? No....lol I just got lucky and started finding my own IP attached to a bunch of transactions that I have been involved in and didn't properly understand what it meant.....hehe I suck at being a detective. |
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June 03, 2012, 05:45:59 PM |
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The reason why they post the IP is because it is extremely valuable when combined with statistical analysis to find out who sent a transaction. For a single transaction, it's worthless. For 40 transactions, not so much. The problem is finding enough transactions to make the IP useful. While we might never know the exact IP of a transaction, analyzing the IP of who relayed a transaction could tip off what country a transaction came from.
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June 03, 2012, 06:56:25 PM |
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There is probably a way - an expensive and time-consuming way - to track through the block-chain over the weeks/months/years after a theft has been recognized, and eventually identify the thief. I doubt that 18,000 BC (about $90k, I guess) would cover it, but if the people we make fun of for sleuthing ignore our dispersions and keep at it, cooperate with each other, and get encouragement and help from us, that cost may go down.
So if and when we know who did it, what do we do then? I kind of doubt that there's any state that would be willing to defend BitCoin (and I don't think I'd want them involved anyway). That leaves vigilantes (which, for legal reasons, we can't condone) and tracking the criminal to pressure him/her until the thief pays back the stolen bitcoin.
I suppose this is already going on, but that the efforts are kept hidden from everyone in order to avoid alarming the thief who might then put extra effort into burying the trail. I disagree with that reason. I think any such efforts should be open, specifically because BitCoin users tend to be smart enough to "play chess" the way I like to play it - that is, honestly explaining my rationale to my opponent (if they want to hear it), under the assumption that, in the chess game this optimizes learning and engenders respect and friendship and, with the bitcoin thief sleuthing, the thief's efforts to thwart the pursuers' progress will backfire. Especially since the openness of the process may not be complete (yes I know that's a bit duplicitous, but it seems justified).
So anyway, bitlane, I'm glad you looked into it and shared what you found.
The thief is probably reading this and laughing at me. That's why I've deployed my "Laugh-detector-inator" (apologies to Dr. Dufenschmirtz). I recommend you give up now, whoever you are!
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bitlane (OP)
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June 03, 2012, 07:03:32 PM |
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So anyway, bitlane, I'm glad you looked into it and shared what you found.
Sometimes it takes a 'simpler' mind to look at the situation, unattached - CALL ME RAINMAN  |
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June 04, 2012, 01:54:10 AM |
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Yeah there needs to be some actual evidence. psy's stuff isn't evidence. And I'm sure rg can confirm that, since he's met him in person. I also have IRC logs that are pretty convincing. |
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June 04, 2012, 01:59:40 AM |
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Did he? And he happened to impersonate it on some channel that isn't Bitcoin related, right? And only him? Why not impersonate lot's of them, then? Also, care to explain this Name: ageisp0lis Posts: 11 Position: Jr. Member Date Registered: October 22, 2011, 02:03:34 AM Last Active: May 21, 2012, 08:47:58 AMHalf hour after the usernames fuck up. Checking if somehow someone noticed it, maybe? You guys can ignore it but the fact is: it's the only lead there is so far. |
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June 04, 2012, 02:18:29 AM |
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Wow, this is some shady stuff. I hope this gets solved. I love Bitcoinica.
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June 04, 2012, 02:44:17 AM |
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Everyone has the blockchain, and it seems like it would be pretty simple to write a program that would identify all the addresses to which the 18k BC have gone. Of course, there are a crapload of these addresses, but that just increases the number of people who might get somewhere doing the following:
"Hey, my address is in that list because of a payment sent to me from XXXXX. I can't find that person anywhere now, but the blockchain shows that the address they used to pay me had like 200BC in it. Maybe that person, wherever he is, can help us find the thief."
Then maybe I'm that person, and I hear about this effort, so I check it out and say, basically, the same thing.
At some point the actual thief will feel that people are on his trail.
Is Bitcoinica offering any kind of compensation for the identification of the thief? If they do, I think they ought to let him keep the reward if he turns himself in and returns whatever is leftover after the reward.
This thing about looking back through the blockchain really intrigues me.
I suppose that if I got a nice payment for something that wasn't so dear to me, I might not be willing to say "oh, yeah, I sold that to Mr.X" - but then I'd have no evidence that I'm not the thief.
Thieves have to spend slowly in order to avoid attracting the attention of the authorities, but in this case, the authority is a piece of code with 100% attention. So should I start building code that will be able to identify all the addresses that currently hold BC that came from 182tGyiczhXSSCTciVujNRkkMw1zQxUVhp? Or is there already that software?
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June 04, 2012, 02:55:21 PM |
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LOL, bitcoins can't be traced to a IP.
Don't be that sure. It's not that difficult to directly connect to all listening nodes. That's the main reason I always put my bitcoin behind Tor. |
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