The identity of theymos revealed?

[sbdealer]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

[Remember remember the 5th of November]

And the significance of this is?

[Melbustus]

Uh, that's no secret. One of many examples:

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As many of you know Michael Marquardt AKA Theymos originally wrote Bitcoin Block Explorer, the first web based blockchain exploration tool.
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[bitkilo]

He has been very open about his identity, he didn't even try black it out on the subpena and he showed us this when he received it.
Did you think this was a secret?

[jdbtracker]

Damn I was hoping for some shocking revelation.
Theymos, Underworld Kingpin/mad scientist fighting for freedom.

[franky1]

kind of funny that they need to waste time and money in communications and dragging a third party into court simply to hand over documents that anyone can print out.

i think theymos should simply reply to emails with these links
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3905;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=175.0

and then let the courts print it out themselves

[sherbyspark]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.
THe bitcoin world tends to stay anonymous for no reason.

[CIYAM]

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.

You seriously don't think people have a fundamental right to anonymity?

Although I am not anonymous here I certainly support anyone and everyone's right to be anonymous here or whether else they like.

If you think that people only want to be anonymous because they "have something to hide" then I suggest you need to "think harder".

[shorena]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

And to think that he even did it himself.

https://bitcointalk.org/docs/ulbricht.pdf

I won't post my response because it contains deleted posts which should remain private if at all possible. Probably my response will end up as part of public record, but I'm not going to speed up the process or make it easier for people to find. I already PMed the users affected by this.

Maybe this is the first time Theymos experienced a formal subpoena, but I have trouble believing that this is the first time he experienced a law enforcement inquiry.

This is the first government request/inquiry I've received related to Ulbricht's case. I have received a few other inquiries for other cases.

[TinEye]

kind of funny that they need to waste time and money in communications and dragging a third party into court simply to hand over documents that anyone can print out.

i think theymos should simply reply to emails with these links
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3905;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=175.0

and then let the courts print it out themselves

theymos should submit the altcoin section first. They will never trouble him again.

[mymenace]

does he really need to submit anything if the server is outside of the US

[redsn0w]

does he really need to submit anything if the server is outside of the US

I don't think , but maybe the reply is : yes.

[LiteCoinGuy]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.

what is wrong and what is right?

[edward_cullen]

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.

You seriously don't think people have a fundamental right to anonymity?

Although I am not anonymous here I certainly support anyone and everyone's right to be anonymous here or whether else they like.

If you think that people only want to be anonymous because they "have something to hide" then I suggest you need to "think harder".

I support everything said in this post.

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

Uh, that's no secret. One of many examples:

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As many of you know Michael Marquardt AKA Theymos originally wrote Bitcoin Block Explorer, the first web based blockchain exploration tool.
...

The man is a crypto superhero, for heaven's sake!

[Flashman]

kind of funny that they need to waste time and money in communications and dragging a third party into court simply to hand over documents that anyone can print out.

i think theymos should simply reply to emails with these links
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3905;sa=showPosts
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=175.0

and then let the courts print it out themselves

Yah, it's utter BS. I can't even see that they've explicitly requested PMs, just "posts". I would be tempted to go "Alrighty then, 5 point comic sans it is.."

[Elwar]

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.

Hitler to the Jews:

[Orangina]

What do you mean by Idendity revealed lol ? isn't his name public on the donation page , like every other admin on bitcointalk ?

[ikydesu]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.
THe bitcoin world tends to stay anonymous for no reason.

Maybe it's their hobbies
but yeaa maybe make some stories about "who is he/she?" it's very entertain

[Big0Bang]

http://qntra.net/2014/12/justice-departments-subpoena-to-theymos-of-bitcointalk/

I seriously don't understand, why do people care to reveal identities if people have done nothing wrong.
THe bitcoin world tends to stay anonymous for no reason.

You don't know people have the right to stay anonymous,not everyone likes to stay under spotlight.