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QED

(3,354 posts) Mon May 1, 2017, 12:27 PM May 2017

Did Spicer tweet a bitcoin address? [View all]

From Louise Mensch - I don't get how bitcoin works but here's the info.

"On January 26th of 2017 Sean Spicer using his verified twitter account tweeted the string “n9y25ah7”"

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"What Mr. Spicer tweeted was actually an “identity confirmation code” – part of a bitcoin transaction. Just take a look at this:"

"So Sean Spicer bought something with bitcoin, as himself. He wanted the people selling to him to know exactly who he was. It was probably some kind of verification code."

More:

https://patribotics.blog/2017/05/01/exclusive-sean-spicer-tweeted-a-bitcoin-address-not-his-password/

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Did Spicer tweet a bitcoin address? [View all] QED May 2017 OP

Is Bitcoin a way to do 'dark money' transactions? PearliePoo2 May 2017 #1

It is an untraceable crypto currency HoneyBadger May 2017 #3

So you can evade IRS and Treasury? hmmm...not good! PearliePoo2 May 2017 #4

That is probably the least popular reason HoneyBadger May 2017 #6

I was just reading a Vanity Fair article on Silk Road's founder Ross Ulbricht. Link within: grossproffit May 2017 #9

Such a simple business plan HoneyBadger May 2017 #12

And just like cash, it's very easily stolen. Initech May 2017 #18

Yes and no HoneyBadger May 2017 #19

What could that mean? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #2

It means that Spicey was sending someone a bitcoin address SticksnStones May 2017 #5

Another reason - ransoming one's own computer after a malware attack. politicat May 2017 #14

The scuttlebutt now is it could have been a prank SticksnStones May 2017 #17

Did Spicey have a 'Presser' today? PearliePoo2 May 2017 #7

Nobody asked him. It was the giant elephant in the room. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #10

Or it was his passwoord someone saw the tweet and used that string themselves Flaleftist May 2017 #8

Except he tweeted it out more than once. Why would he accidentally tweet out his password -- twice? pnwmom May 2017 #11

Clumsiness Flaleftist May 2017 #13

The Winklevoss twins have been pushing for an ETF HoneyBadger May 2017 #15

They own 1 percent of the world's bitcoin HoneyBadger May 2017 #16

This is considered fake HoneyBadger May 2017 #20