Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer

Post by dragontamer » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 6:05 PM UTC

Post by twotwotwo » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 6:06 PM UTC

stephanerangaya wrote: post #5

Codhisattva wrote: post #2

Is it possible to know the actual amount of money that exchanged hands?

No. There is no way to know if they paid using cash or tomatoes.

Post by josephagoss » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 6:07 PM UTC

this_user wrote: post #19

If the map is correct, the first node that saw the transaction is located roughly in Frankfurt, Germany which is a major financial centre. The transaction was made at 5:38 local time which is right around the time the Frankfurt exchange closes. Might be this transaction was done by a larger financial institution closing up shop for the week.

Post by jMyles » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 6:08 PM UTC

brokentone wrote: post #7

Codhisattva wrote: post #2

Is it possible to know the actual amount of money that exchanged hands?

It is possible to know 194,993.50000004 BTC changed between two addresses - these could be owned by the same individual, could be different accounts for the same individual. Anything else, USD, goats, Yuan, securities, etc that may have been traded would not be reported/recorded in the BTC transfer. edit: corrected by josephagoss, ty

Post by elliottcarlson » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 6:09 PM UTC

mpg33 wrote: post #23

lelf wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

High priority transactions can be made without fees

Transaction priority are based solely on fee amount..no?

    priority = sum(input_value_in_base_units * input_age) / size_in_bytes