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Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by SeanLuke on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:06PM (#6782502)
I'm surprised no one has identified what I think is the most likely situation: bitcoin theft.
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by fragsworth on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:24PM (#6782647)
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 (#6783099)
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 (#6783426)
>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 (#6785961)
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.
Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by pa5tabear on Friday November 22, 2013 @02:32PM (#6783166)
Could this not be some large purchase with a bitcoin payment attached to a contract?

Could a contract enforce a bitcoin transfer?

Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by fantnn on Friday November 22, 2013 @01:50PM (#6782860)
Or Cryptolocker/other cyber criminals