Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
by SeanLuke on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:06PM
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I'm surprised no one has identified what I think is the most likely situation: bitcoin theft.
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Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
by fragsworth on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:24PM
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Are you suggesting that any given transaction is most likely to be a theft?
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
by hackinthebochs on Friday November 22, 2013 @02:23PM
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I think the point is that the only reason to transfer such a large sum of money is either buying/selling something or stealing. And considering there probably aren't many (if any) things one can buy with that many bitcoins, theft seems to be most likely scenario.
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
by BlackDeath3 on Friday November 22, 2013 @03:17PM
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>I think the point is that the only reason to transfer such a large sum of money is either buying/selling something or stealing.
Perhaps you could be a little less specific?
>And considering there probably aren't many (if any) things one can buy with that many bitcoins, theft seems to be most likely scenario.
You could buy a lot of something from a private entity who really values Bitcoin.
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer
by Casseres on Saturday November 23, 2013 @09:16AM
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Another option: Perhaps the security of the private key of the old address was in question, so a new address was created with a new, secure private key.