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Mirrored screenshots here: http://i.imgur.com/McgiZwb.png http://i.imgur.com/lfCJeBI.png Edit: To respond to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288579 Looks like "Phone 31x" under the email address, which is consistent with St Louis area code of 314.
The first email in that screenshot has a date of "12/6/22".
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Mirrored screenshots here: http://i.imgur.com/McgiZwb.png http://i.imgur.com/lfCJeBI.png Edit: To respond to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288579 Looks like "Phone 31x" under the email address, which is consistent with St Louis area code of 314.
That guy did a really bad job of blacking out sensitive information. It probably nails the receiver down to only a couple of hundred people.
We're being lied to. This is fake. The street address doesn't match the post code.
My assessment: The hacker created the order himself, with fake ID, fake address and doctored the timestamp.
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If you have a few thousand dollars of gold in your house, you shouldn't worry too much. But if you have a billion dollars of gold in your basement, you should be very, very paranoid. Even with perfect security, you'd still be a ransom target.
> But if you have a billion dollars of gold in your basement, you should be very, very paranoid. At close to 25 tonnes, and ~1.3m³, I'd like to see the engineering behind such a heist
I'm sure moving a couple cubic meters of gold isn't a problem if you're motivated.
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So could someone explain how an IP address would leak when using an email account? I suppose potentially in the SMTP header, but this would assume he was using a email server running on his own personal ip, right? So is the guess here (assuming this is even true) that he had an email server running at home, leaked the ip, and then was attacked when someone found it?
No. The first hop in the SMTP via headers will usually have your DSL router IP.
Creating a myth and story around the creator is brilliant to ensuring future relevance. I doubt this is a planned event; however, if the Satoshi did plan it... Wow tip my hat to you sir/ma'am
I wonder if this could be Satoshi creating an additional layer of complexity in the hunt for his/her identity. By compromising his email address and web properties he can basically direct the masses in any direction he/she wants to. While ensuring that they have false bits of information seeded within them. Creating a myth and story around the creator is brilliant to ensuring future relevance. I doubt this is a plann…
I wonder if this could be Satoshi creating an additional layer of complexity in the hunt for his/her identity. By compromising his email address and web properties he can basically direct the masses in any direction he/she wants to. While ensuring that they have false bits of information seeded within them. Creating a myth and story around the creator is brilliant to ensuring future relevance. I doubt this is a plann…
And what if you are Satoshi, and you created this account to create a third dimension of complexity.
https://blockchain.info/address/19pta6x1hXzV9F5hHnhMARYbRjux...
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Mirrored screenshots here: http://i.imgur.com/McgiZwb.png http://i.imgur.com/lfCJeBI.png Edit: To respond to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288579 Looks like "Phone 31x" under the email address, which is consistent with St Louis area code of 314.
It's fascinating to see that the account seems to be active, if we are to trust the "replied" icons to G.M. (Bitcoin developer?) and R.M. (Wired reporter that wrote the article on this leak?). EDIT: From the Wired article, it seems like the hacker corresponded with the Wired reporter via the email address (to prove authenticity?) and may have done the same with the Bitcoin developer as well, judging from timestamps.
