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SticksnStones

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5. It means that Spicey was sending someone a bitcoin address

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Mon May 1, 2017, 01:42 PM

May 2017

Facts are: it was Spicer. It was Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a means for the anonymous transfer of funds.

Also fact: People pay for goods and services with Bitcoin so as to not have purchase run through the traditional banking system. Sometimes their motivation is nefarious, shopping the online black market. Sometimes it's political, anti-establishment. Some people buy Bitcoin as an investment much like acquiring gold.

Unknown but I sure would like to know: why?

Was he laundering cash? Buying pot? Loaning somebody bail money? Picking up a swell lamp he saw on Craig's list? Anything's possible...and he holds the kind of job that should require a provable explanation.

On edit: it's technically a Bitcoin verification code, not the actual account number. Still, it's Bitcoin

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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