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    September 05, 2012, 07:39:25 PM
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    Quote from: evoorhees on September 05, 2012, 07:36:21 PM
    Hehehehe I don't want to destroy democracy, why would you say that??  I just want to be able to opt-out, just like I've done with the Federal Reserve Wink

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    September 05, 2012, 07:40:42 PM
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    Quote from: darkmule on September 05, 2012, 06:28:59 PM

    My guess would be the odd tiny transactions are binary code of some sort, perhaps adding up to a message like "lulz."  But whoever did this apparently does have some knowledge of the network and how to mask transactions to some extent.

    My first belief was they were just completely throwaway accounts created never to be used.  Some people went to some trouble to put a small amount of money in them in oddly structured transactions, though.

    It's probably people here leaving binary messages just for shit and giggles.  Just because whoever created the accounts intended them as throwaways doesn't mean that people can't send BTC to them for fun now that the addresses are public.
    All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.

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    September 05, 2012, 07:57:18 PM
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    Scrawled in green lettering across one side are the words “For Rep Learders”

    I say just pay the million then wait for the biggest redneck or teenager to suddenly start driving around town in a fancy new truck, decked out with new mud flaps and a cherry bomb muffler.
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    September 05, 2012, 08:00:12 PM
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    Quote from: jimbobway on September 05, 2012, 07:15:57 PM
    Ok, secret service is involved now.  Wow.

    http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/secret-service-takes-alleged-stolen-romney-tax-records-sent-williamson-political-g

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    Secret Service takes alleged stolen Romney tax records sent to Williamson political groups
    can u fix this link please, m8

    EDIT; nm, working now. maybe it was gettting too many hits and timed out on me because of it. ;p

    Quote from: Elwar on September 05, 2012, 07:57:18 PM
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    Scrawled in green lettering across one side are the words “For Rep Learders”

    I say just pay the million then wait for the biggest redneck or teenager to suddenly start driving around town in a fancy new truck, decked out with new mud flaps and a cherry bomb muffler.
    I wonder if that's a news typo or is verbatim...?
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    September 05, 2012, 08:05:33 PM
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    Quote from: sadpandatech on September 05, 2012, 08:00:12 PM
    I wonder if that's a news typo or is verbatim...?

    Quote was followed by (sic)
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    September 05, 2012, 08:17:43 PM
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     #86
    Quote from: Elwar on September 05, 2012, 08:05:33 PM
    Quote from: sadpandatech on September 05, 2012, 08:00:12 PM
    I wonder if that's a news typo or is verbatim...?

    Quote was followed by (sic)

    aye, thanks. I see it in the most recent linked article on it as well, where they pointed out a mispelling of the party name. ;p


    Does anyone think it possible that Obama set this up and made sure to have it look like some random dofuses did it? So, they'll quickly track the dummies down but not before the info is either released or it can then be atleast used as ammunition to further imply Romney is hiding something by not releasing the returns?

    /gold foil hat
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    September 05, 2012, 08:26:20 PM
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    The wording from the bottom:


    “However, all these considerations did not deter me from the path of duty; the moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His almighty power, and endow me with every qualification that I needed.” (In Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 3d ed., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1967, pp. 103–4.)
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    September 05, 2012, 08:31:56 PM
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    The story has now gone mainstream: http://www.cnbc.com/id/48916562

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    September 05, 2012, 09:21:15 PM
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    https://www.google.com/news/story?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=romney+bitcoin&ncl=dEDkjGvGclJRWqMtoJXK3Cv7kF_xM&cf=all&scoring=n
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    September 05, 2012, 10:16:01 PM
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    By the time they setup a mt gox account to buy the bitcoins and went through AML to withdraw them the date would be long past  Cheesy

    I wonder if Magical Tux would expedite things if the secret service showed up at his house and demanded 1 million dollars worth of bitcoin  Grin
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    September 05, 2012, 10:22:37 PM
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    The feds could just use their super computers for a few hours to hash out the required amount...lol. Livermore and oakridge should do the trick, right?
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    September 05, 2012, 10:29:47 PM
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    $15 by this weekend then?

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    September 05, 2012, 11:09:42 PM
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    Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on September 05, 2012, 10:22:37 PM
    The feds could just use their super computers for a few hours to hash out the required amount...lol. Livermore and oakridge should do the trick, right?

    Are you serious? That would just make the difficulty jump. It would still take 100000 (5 * 6 * 24) = 13.8 days assuming they have near-100% of the hashing strength.

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    September 05, 2012, 11:15:55 PM
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    If I am looking at the right number there are 9 Million Bitcoins in circulation at this moment, so at around 10 USD to 1 BTC that would be around 1% of all Bitcoins in circulation.  Of course, if both the release and do-not-release addresses are paid $1 Mil, then that would be 2% of all Bitcoins. 

    It's highly unlikely you could buy up that many Bitcoins.  Just attempting it would cause the exchange rate to go far above $10 per Bitcoin.  Perhaps that is the extortionists plan all along though...

    Either way though.. pass the popcorn, the media coverage of this will be fun to watch.
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    September 05, 2012, 11:19:15 PM
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    Quote from: Paul Troon on September 05, 2012, 11:15:55 PM
    If I am looking at the right number there are 9 Million Bitcoins in circulation at this moment, so at around 10 USD to 1 BTC that would be around 1% of all Bitcoins in circulation.  Of course, if both the release and do-not-release addresses are paid $1 Mil, then that would be 2% of all Bitcoins. 

    It's highly unlikely you could buy up that many Bitcoins.  Just attempting it would cause the exchange rate to go far above $10 per Bitcoin.  Perhaps that is the extortionists plan all along though...

    Either way though.. pass the popcorn, the media coverage of this will be fun to watch.

    I suspect you could buy up 100,000 BTC over the counter if you really wanted to. 
    All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.

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    September 05, 2012, 11:41:53 PM
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    Imagine someone hit an exchange and actually bought BTC100K.
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    September 05, 2012, 11:48:44 PM
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    Quote from: muyuu on September 05, 2012, 11:41:53 PM
    Imagine someone hit an exchange and actually bought BTC100K.

    Imagine the Secret Service fucking up the exchange's shit if they could make the most tenuous connection between the purchase and the extortion threat.
    All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.

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    September 06, 2012, 12:02:21 AM
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    Quote from: kinghajj on September 05, 2012, 11:09:42 PM
    Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on September 05, 2012, 10:22:37 PM
    The feds could just use their super computers for a few hours to hash out the required amount...lol. Livermore and oakridge should do the trick, right?

    Are you serious? That would just make the difficulty jump. It would still take 100000 (5 * 6 * 24) = 13.8 days assuming they have near-100% of the hashing strength.

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    September 06, 2012, 12:06:30 AM
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    Quote from: Paul Troon on September 05, 2012, 11:15:55 PM
    If I am looking at the right number there are 9 Million Bitcoins in circulation at this moment, so at around 10 USD to 1 BTC that would be around 1% of all Bitcoins in circulation.  Of course, if both the release and do-not-release addresses are paid $1 Mil, then that would be 2% of all Bitcoins. 

    It's highly unlikely you could buy up that many Bitcoins.  Just attempting it would cause the exchange rate to go far above $10 per Bitcoin.  Perhaps that is the extortionists plan all along though...

    Either way though.. pass the popcorn, the media coverage of this will be fun to watch.

    The condition was that, at the end of the transfer, the amount would be worth US$ 1M. That would actually cost a lot less than one million if done in quick successive orders as it would drive the price to the sky.
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    September 06, 2012, 12:08:01 AM
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    Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on September 06, 2012, 12:02:21 AM
    Quote from: kinghajj on September 05, 2012, 11:09:42 PM
    Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on September 05, 2012, 10:22:37 PM
    The feds could just use their super computers for a few hours to hash out the required amount...lol. Livermore and oakridge should do the trick, right?

    Are you serious? That would just make the difficulty jump. It would still take 100000 (5 * 6 * 24) = 13.8 days assuming they have near-100% of the hashing strength.

    Satire my friend. I thought the LOL would make that evident.
    wouldnt it make more sense to use the supercomputers to crack the encrypted romney info documents, which I assume are just encrypted images of goatse
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