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Pardon me if my question is dumb, but why did OP share this methodology? Could he not have continued with this for the rest of the keys once they are accessible? Don't you need all of the keys to get a million dollars, or am I missing something?
Ah yes when the Nakamoto Scheme (name courtesy of https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/ ) begins to run out of steam, of course those with stakes need to do something to get the scam back on track. And HN fell for it, hook line and sinker. The Washington Post had it right in 2015 even though they didn't even use the neologism "hodl": > - Hey, do you want to hear about the future? It's a digital currency…
> And HN fell for it, hook line and sinker. I don't see HN falling for anything, unless you mean this submission appearing on the front page. In which case I see someone showing how a lame cryptocurrency treasure hunt used cryptography badly, making the challenge easy to solve without waiting for hints to be provided. The most interesting part for me is actually that dictionary attacks are easy enough that you can us…
Ah yes when the Nakamoto Scheme (name courtesy of https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/ ) begins to run out of steam, of course those with stakes need to do something to get the scam back on track. And HN fell for it, hook line and sinker. The Washington Post had it right in 2015 even though they didn't even use the neologism "hodl": > - Hey, do you want to hear about the future? It's a digital currency…
My immediate reaction to satoshis treasure hunt is that it feels like a scam. Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? I don't buy that someone spent a million dollars (plus invested time to make the game) for fun with no way to make money back.
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My immediate reaction to satoshis treasure hunt is that it feels like a scam. Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? I don't buy that someone spent a million dollars (plus invested time to make the game) for fun with no way to make money back.
> Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? If you have many millions of dollars in bitcoin, or are a consortium that does, how do you remove any sizable chunk of that money without tanking the market? One way might be to get people interested, and wanting to buy bitcoins, which allows bitcoins to be liquidated easier without affecting the market. Does this accomplish that, and how large does the amou…
Ah yes when the Nakamoto Scheme (name courtesy of https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/ ) begins to run out of steam, of course those with stakes need to do something to get the scam back on track. And HN fell for it, hook line and sinker. The Washington Post had it right in 2015 even though they didn't even use the neologism "hodl": > - Hey, do you want to hear about the future? It's a digital currency…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
My immediate reaction to satoshis treasure hunt is that it feels like a scam. Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? I don't buy that someone spent a million dollars (plus invested time to make the game) for fun with no way to make money back.
> Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? If you have many millions of dollars in bitcoin, or are a consortium that does, how do you remove any sizable chunk of that money without tanking the market? One way might be to get people interested, and wanting to buy bitcoins, which allows bitcoins to be liquidated easier without affecting the market. Does this accomplish that, and how large does the amou…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Is drumming up more interest in bitcoin enough of a goal? If you have many millions of dollars in bitcoin, or are a consortium that does, how do you remove any sizable chunk of that money without tanking the market? One way might be to get people interested, and wanting to buy bitcoins, which allows bitcoins to be liquidated easier without affecting the market. Does this accomplish that, and how large does the amou…
Bitcoin has a $12 billion volume in just the last 24 hours. You will need to sell off quite a few million very quickly to have any significant impact on the market, even when considering the fact that much of it is being wash traded.
Odd that they don't sign a message with the wallet they say they are putting up for stakes.