mkngrm

Right around $650 right now.

http://bitcoinity.org/markets

Until you have every losing bid, you can't make these claims.

Can't reply, so I'll add it to this comment. As stated by others, the only way to purchase a large amount of bitcoins without jacking up the price is to do it in one large sum. By bidding over market price, he ensured that he would get this chunk of 30k coins without affecting the market.

There were also bidders who put in bids much lower than that, how does that mean he wasn't above market?

Do you have a link to those other bidders' claims?

No exact figures have been released, but based on other bidder's input, the assumptions are that his bid was well over the market price.

Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7976910.

Great looking design, just not interested in ANOTHER gadget that needs to be recharged daily.