if you guys haven't notice the US federal government will be shut down on tuesday. The democrats/republicans war is going to be fun. And that is why gold, silver and yes BTC are running. It should be a fun day tomorrow. I predict $200 BTC this week
A gov shutdown isn't really significant. But, failure to raise the debt ceiling by Oct 17 is...
100%
wtf is going on on bitcoinity (mtgox)
i see txns for 112 and then 116, flipping back and forth.
bot rampage?
silk road web site founder arrested
It just surprises me that they caught him by some random forum posts. Goes to show, it's the simple things that get people caught.
in a previous life i investigated forum posts for a company. Based on their posts, and there were several, and without access to web logs or any IP address or their email I was able to identify every single one of them. People are stupid and talk to much, use same alias everywhere. If you have the time is very easy to track people down, google is your friend
It just surprises me that they caught him by some random forum posts. Goes to show, it's the simple things that get people caught.
in a previous life i investigated forum posts for a company. Based on their posts, and there were several, and without access to web logs or any IP address or their email I was able to identify every single one of them. People are stupid and talk to much, use same alias everywhere. If you have the time is very easy to track people down, google is your friend
Too bad Tom Williams didn't post on any forums. Wait! Are you Tom Williams?
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lol you caught me, now i'm in trouble lol