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Nevilledog

(51,025 posts) Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:40 AM Nov 2020

Someone Just Emptied Out a Bitcoin Wallet With $964,000,000 In It

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Someone Just Emptied Out a Bitcoin Wallet With $964,000,000 In It
It's not yet clear if a hacker made off with a gigantic payday, or if the wallet's secretive and long-dormant owner just came out of retirement.
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9:08 PM · Nov 4, 2020

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Someone Just Emptied Out a Bitcoin Wallet With $964,000,000 In It (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP

it wasnt me! gawd what a haul! samnsara Nov 2020 #1

Someone will be the last person standing... with a pile of useless bits C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #2

That almost sounds like a reverse Ponzi scheme. The first one to get out... brush Nov 2020 #5

2 fanny packs? Nevilledog Nov 2020 #6

Check the slush fund in the White House. He had the movers in today, too. LizBeth Nov 2020 #3

My thoughts exactly Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #15

Will it be on Fox and Friends tomorrow? 3Hotdogs Nov 2020 #4

I Hereby claim dweller Nov 2020 #7

Well played MissB Nov 2020 #8

Too late....I called dibs and no backsies. Nevilledog Nov 2020 #9

You claimed 2 fannypacks dweller Nov 2020 #11

Fuck Nevilledog Nov 2020 #12

I'm clueless AnnaLee Nov 2020 #10

Convert it to useful cash pfitz59 Nov 2020 #13

Trump is moving money AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #14

Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #16

samnsara

(17,606 posts)

1. it wasnt me! gawd what a haul!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:43 AM

Nov 2020

C_U_L8R

(44,990 posts)

2. Someone will be the last person standing... with a pile of useless bits

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:43 AM

Nov 2020

brush

(53,743 posts)

5. That almost sounds like a reverse Ponzi scheme. The first one to get out...

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:51 AM

Nov 2020

gets the money.

I don't get how pulling down nearly a billion dollars can go unnoticed by authorities. Where are you going transfer such a large sum to without it being alerted on?

Nevilledog

(51,025 posts)

6. 2 fanny packs?

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:52 AM

Nov 2020

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)

3. Check the slush fund in the White House. He had the movers in today, too.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:47 AM

Nov 2020

Thekaspervote

(32,710 posts)

15. My thoughts exactly

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 02:24 AM

Nov 2020

3Hotdogs

(12,332 posts)

4. Will it be on Fox and Friends tomorrow?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:50 AM

Nov 2020

dweller

(23,613 posts)

7. I Hereby claim

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:55 AM

Nov 2020

dibs ...

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MissB

(15,803 posts)

8. Well played

Reply to dweller (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:57 AM

Nov 2020

Nevilledog

(51,025 posts)

9. Too late....I called dibs and no backsies.

Reply to dweller (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:57 AM

Nov 2020

dweller

(23,613 posts)

11. You claimed 2 fannypacks

Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #9)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:00 AM

Nov 2020

the rest is mine Mine MINE !!!

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Nevilledog

(51,025 posts)

12. Fuck

Reply to dweller (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:05 AM

Nov 2020

AnnaLee

(1,035 posts)

10. I'm clueless

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:00 AM

Nov 2020

What do you do with the dump from a bitcoin wallet? What is a wallet; is that like a money market savings account. When it dumps, is it still bitcoins or does it become regular currency?

pfitz59

(10,307 posts)

13. Convert it to useful cash

Reply to AnnaLee (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:07 AM

Nov 2020

and stash it in the Caymans. The allusion is Trump is preparing to depart the White House.

AmericanCanuck

(1,102 posts)

14. Trump is moving money

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:27 AM

Nov 2020

muriel_volestrangler

(101,271 posts)

16. Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:10 PM

Nov 2020

More than $1bn (£772m) in Bitcoin linked to the notorious Silk Road website has been seized by the US Department of Justice (DoJ).

Earlier this week, crypto-currency watchers noticed about 70,000 bitcoins being moved from an account believed to be linked to the illicit marketplace.
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On Thursday, US Attorney David Anderson confirmed that the officials had seized the crypto-currency assets.
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"Today's forfeiture complaint answers this open question at least in part. $1bn of these criminal proceeds are now in the United States' possession."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54833130

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