Rick Rolled by Coinbase, so I went to look at their local beautiful SF office...

[BayAreaCoins]

EDIT I believe their secret office location is at 444 Market Street also known as One Front Street.  I will release more info as it comes in.  If you have any information please feel free to contact me confidentially.

Please excuse the shitty camara lol I'm between phones.

The more I look and think the more I feel Rick Rolled. This was the video that was hidden in the sites source code during the count down.... (seriously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROWqjuTM0g

So I wanted to go hold a sign outside of Coinbase today that said "Rick Rolled and Won't Let It Go!".  

Turns out their new office in SF (which is in a beautiful location right across the street from the E*Trade place on Market Street) is only a fucking shipping company "Earth Class Mail" that lets digital companies host their business name there, so they appear amazing to investors and everyone else by having a "office" in the heart of SF.

The front doors were locked, but I saw some short haired dude about to go in the back.  I knocked and he came to the door.  I asked him if there was a company called Coinbase in the building on a upper floor.  That is when he told me no and that they host digital businesses at that location, so I thanked him and went on my way.  No reason to rick roll anyone else unnecessarily.

"Coinbase Office"



https://www.earthclassmail.com/AddressDetail/SanFrancisco

http://blog.coinbase.com/post/82766793207/weve-moved-to-a-new-office

This post was also posted @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg10282098#msg10282098

[BayAreaCoins]

[smoothie]

I would say that that is a misrepresentation of an office.

Having someone host a virtual office for you is BS.

Tsk tsk tsk.

[BayAreaCoins]

I would say that that is a misrepresentation of an office.

Having someone host a virtual office for you is BS.

Tsk tsk tsk.

Appears to be a flat out lie about a office. Not a misrepresentation.

http://blog.coinbase.com/post/82766793207/weve-moved-to-a-new-office

APR 14TH, 2014
We’ve Moved To A New Office

Coinbase headquarters have moved! Our new office is located in the heart of San Francisco, with some nice views of the city. And since we can’t be working on digital currency all the time, we’ve outfitted the office with ample ways to decompress - a game room, nap room, free meals, and a fully stocked fridge.
Since completing our fundraise this past December, we’ve more than doubled in size. We now have 23 full time employees and 35 remote contractors. You can read more about our outstanding team here, and apply if you’re interested in joining us.

They have a lot of pictures of their new office too...


More pics at that blog post

[JorgeStolfi]

Well, they claim to have a real office in SF:
blog.coinbase.com/post/82766793207/weve-moved-to-a-new-office

It has been conjectured that they keep that EarthMail address for security reasons.

EDIT: Very spartan and tidy that office, monastic even, isn't it?

[WarrEagle]

I would be very leary of leaking actual headquarters locations. If there was a planned attack to gain control of wallets under their control, thieves could make off with millions in under an hour. Let that sink in.

[BayAreaCoins]

I would be very leary of leaking actual headquarters locations. If there was a planned attack to gain control of wallets under their control, thieves could make off with millions in under an hour. Let that sink in.

That is retarded. (no offense)

FB has a headquarters and they make it known same most other people who aren't doing sketchy shit.

You think FB has a corner office stacked with their billions?  

Let that sink in.


EDIT:  A few years later of it sinking in, I get it.  I disagree with a lot of what I said in this thread and in the past in general.

[JorgeStolfi]

Is it too early to wonder whether NYSE stands for "New York Sausage Emporium"?

[b!z]

Is it too early to wonder whether NYSE stands for "New York Sausage Emporium"?

It stands for "No Your Post Is Not Funny".

[rocoro]

Is it too early to wonder whether NYSE stands for "New York Sausage Emporium"?

It stands for "No Your Post Is Not Funny".

That would be NYPISNF.. 

[rocoro]

I would say that that is a misrepresentation of an office.

Having someone host a virtual office for you is BS.

Tsk tsk tsk.

Appears to be a flat out lie about a office. Not a misrepresentation.

http://blog.coinbase.com/post/82766793207/weve-moved-to-a-new-office

APR 14TH, 2014
We’ve Moved To A New Office

Coinbase headquarters have moved! Our new office is located in the heart of San Francisco, with some nice views of the city. And since we can’t be working on digital currency all the time, we’ve outfitted the office with ample ways to decompress - a game room, nap room, free meals, and a fully stocked fridge.
Since completing our fundraise this past December, we’ve more than doubled in size. We now have 23 full time employees and 35 remote contractors. You can read more about our outstanding team here, and apply if you’re interested in joining us.

They have a lot of pictures of their new office too...


More pics at that blog post

You could do window washing at that adjacent building and see if you can see the floor with that table and same setup / environment.
Then you can identify the exact office!!

Or.. better yet - you could find the same building due to the proximity of the other buildings and do window washing on the building with the office...  when you get to the office window... bust through and START BUSTING SOME HEADS !!!

YEAHHHHH!

PS.  My posts are meant to be comedic in nature, and not to be taken seriously.   Just sayin' in case any of you are crazy. lol

[BayAreaCoins]

Hmm...  I found the building where the above photo was taken..   using google street view.
I'm fairly certain.. Its the building with taller vertical windows.. the other building next to it the windows match too!
The angle to view the other building with spire also matches if you look from down from above in satellite view.

Should I post the image of it and the street it's on or no?

Sure.

I've got the big pointy building in my back yard as well, but that for sure isn't the anything listed anywhere (that I've seen.)

Please note this is a open topic of discussion that I'm interested in... if I'm fucking wrong I'm fucking wrong.

[rocoro]

Hmm...  I found the building where the above photo was taken..   using google street view.
I'm fairly certain.. Its the building with taller vertical windows.. the other building next to it the windows match too!
The angle to view the other building with spire also matches if you look from down from above in satellite view.

Should I post the image of it and the street it's on or no?

Sure.

I've got the big pointy building in my back yard as well, but that for sure isn't the anything listed anywhere (that I've seen.)

Please note this is a open topic of discussion that I'm interested in... if I'm fucking wrong I'm fucking wrong but holy shit I feel rick rolled in every sense of the 10 hour wait.

Here you go!
The building with taller vertical windows and see how the other building matches...
https://goo.gl/maps/LvalG

Question is now,  how long are they going to stay there??   
If they were even there, I guess.   It does suck if it is all just smoke and mirrors.

[JorgeStolfi]

Here you go!
The building with taller vertical windows and see how the other building matches...
https://goo.gl/maps/LvalG

Considering the width of the window frames in the office photos, it should be the steel-gray building with the wavy wall, right?

[CoinCidental]

I would be very leary of leaking actual headquarters locations. If there was a planned attack to gain control of wallets under their control, thieves could make off with millions in under an hour. Let that sink in.

That is retarded. (no offense)

FB has a headquarters and they make it known same most other people who aren't doing sketchy shit.

You think FB has a corner office stacked with their billions?  

Let that sink in.

facebook isnt effectively a bank ........you could storm their office with an ak-47 and leave with nothing

coinbase has that problem ,facebook doesnt

[BayAreaCoins]

facebook isnt effectively a bank ........you could storm their office with an ak-47 and leave with nothing

coinbase has that problem ,facebook doesnt

No one is storming anything with anything first off.

This is America and everyone should be or at least act like a business man.

Give me a fucking break... coinbase is like a big faceless bank that is located SOMEWHERE unknown to me in my back yard that just fucked me with a 10 hour timer and a source code that went to a 10 hour troll video that was supposed to be reported for porn.  

I <3 Bitcoin and I'm not here to troll bitcoin or anything, but something isn't right.  Remember the Ocupy Wall Street thing?  Ya that was right across where  they print a large some of the counties money... GL storming a high rise and getting out too.  

I'm not alone... the State of California issued their warning and I missed a call from Tom Dresslar just to confirm it.

I yoloed in BTC thinking that SF would become the Golden Gate City again, but for the Digital Currency age lead by Coinbase.  How wrong was I... (for today)   I didn't even have a opportunity to get more money in to support Coinbase bid... all this shit was just flug at me on a Sunday night on top of other REAL global news and San Fran billboards.

[CoinCidental]

facebook isnt effectively a bank ........you could storm their office with an ak-47 and leave with nothing

coinbase has that problem ,facebook doesnt

No one is storming anything with anything first off.

This is America and everyone should be or at least act like a business man.

Give me a fucking break... coinbase is like a big faceless bank that is located SOMEWHERE unknown to me in my back yard that just fucked me with a 10 hour timer and a source code that went to a 10 hour troll video that was supposed to be reported for porn.  

I <3 Bitcoin and I'm not here to troll bitcoin or anything, but something isn't right.  Remember the Ocupy Wall Street thing?  Ya that was right across where  they print a large some of the counties money... GL storming a high rise and getting out too. 

I'm not alone... the State of California issued their warning and I missed a call from Tom Dresslar just to confirm it.

I yoloed in BTC thinking that SF would become the Golden Gate City again, but for the Digital Currency age lead by Coinbase.

if theyre not there because of security issues i might understand it since they hold  180,000 btc which is well worth stealing  ?

if they are lying and have never been there or pulling some scam people have a right to ask

i am not one of their customers but it does seem unprofessional if they are running this from someones bedroom  and everything else was lies

[BayAreaCoins]

if theyre not there because of security issues i might understand it since they hold  180,000 btc which is well worth stealing  ?

Someone takes their troops up a huge high rise in the heart of San Fran in the heart of the Financial District and expect to get out without a small medium war going off?

That's why you get the office in the Financial District and not Oakland...

SF Financial District doesn't have half hour police response time and most buildings have a security guard or concierge.

[CoinCidental]

if theyre not there because of security issues i might understand it since they hold  180,000 btc which is well worth stealing  ?

Someone takes their troops up a huge high rise in the heart of San Fran in the heart of the Financial District and expect to get out without a small medium war going off?

That's why you get the office in the Financial District and not Oakland...

SF Financial District doesn't have half hour police response time and most buildings have a security guard or concierge.

banks and jewellery stores have been robbed for a lot less in the past ...........
have you tried their email or telephone to see if anyone can answer whats up ?

[BayAreaCoins]

if theyre not there because of security issues i might understand it since they hold  180,000 btc which is well worth stealing  ?

Someone takes their troops up a huge high rise in the heart of San Fran in the heart of the Financial District and expect to get out without a small medium war going off?

That's why you get the office in the Financial District and not Oakland...

SF Financial District doesn't have half hour police response time and most buildings have a security guard or concierge.

banks and jewellery stores have been robbed for a lot less in the past ...........
have you tried their email or telephone to see if anyone can answer whats up ?

What am I going to do call them up and asked them:

A:  Why they lied about being regulated and licensed exchange by California?
B:  Why they hid a 10 hour troll video on a 10 hour count down source code?
C:  Why I didn't have any time to get cash on my account before opening up the exchange to at least TRY to support my investment?
D:  Why they didn't use some of that 112 Million dollars to cushion the bid price AT ALL?  We free fell $50+ dollars at opening blast off with 0 resistance... Cryptsy has more attractive bids! (No offense horus <3)
E:  Why they use a fake mail address company?
And any other question you care to ask.

I'm not InvestigatorAreaCoins that's why!