Bitcoin Cracked

[Mark E. Hurling]

Hmmm, maybe the bitcoin pimps (cough-cough advocates) just might have partially lost the privacy and security from gubmint monitoring argument in their promotions of it. Then again, it's not entirely clear how the Fan Belt Inspectors actually cracked the private key. So maybe there's hope for the current iteration of the South Sea Bubble.

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers | Reuters

[Mark Rippetoe]

How many Hurlingisms/cutenesses can you find in this post? List them. First correct answer gets a T-shirt. Ignore the grammar/typo.

[rever]

The only thing they cracked was the mind of the person who held the keys

[Satch12879]

I mean, he's posting, so isn't it something like the total number of words divided by one? He's quoting Reuters, so actually it'd be the (number of words +1) divided by one.

Jordan Schachtel gives us the real story:

The Colonial Pipeline hack, the Russians, & Bitcoin – here'''s what actually happened - The Dossier

https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/...10089075183617

And I'm one of those rare libertarians who is not a fan of Bitcoin.

[gallon_of_cheese_a_day]

cough-cough advocates

Fan Belt Inspectors

the current iteration of the South Sea Bubble.

Did I win?

[Frank_B]

Bitcoin’s privacy/traceability has been suspect since the days of The Silk Road. A lot of people forget that it wasn’t just Ross Ulbricht indicted, but the Secret Service and DEA both had agents stealing Bitcoin during the investigation. Drug dealers in several countries were also later tracked down. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some way to “tag” certain crypto transactions, such as ransoms, to be able to track them. If you want privacy or security with your crypto use Z Cash or Monero.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Did I win?

No. More than that.

[AndrewLewis]

How many Hurlingisms/cutenesses can you find in this post? List them. First correct answer gets a T-shirt. Ignore the grammar/typo.

I don't know Hurley that well, but I'd say it's everything in the post. To list it, I would just have to requote the entire post.

[Mark Rippetoe]

He left out "DB" -- an oversight, I'm sure. So, you guys lose. There are 6:

"Bitcoin cracked"
"bitcoin pimps"
"cough-cough advocates"
"gubmint"
"Fan Belt Inspectors"
"South Sea Bubble"

We'll try again on his next installment.

[Joel Chapman]

Amazingly, martial arts were not brought up.