$1,000 bounty for Blockchain.COM (not .info) (Updated to $1,500) - page 2.

BlackHeartFund

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From the whois:

11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90064
US

Anyone ever try knocking?

Quote from: CryptoFreak33 on September 11, 2012, 05:45:50 PM

Quote from: Blockchain_Helper on September 11, 2012, 08:50:57 AM

This person claims to be the owner of blockchain.com:

http://www.facebook.com/fannnnnnnnneww

I contacted them, agreed on a price in Bitcoins, but they:

1. Insisted that I pay the bitcoins first.
2. Refused to use an escrow service.
3. Refused to provide any proof that they actually own the domain.

They also said many strange things during the Skype chat in regards to the domain.

Does anyone know if this person is the real owner or if they can be trusted?

This is exactly why people get scammed so often. This guy is screaming scammer, You should not even consider doing business with him. There is absolutely no legitimate reason he shouldn't prove he is the owner or use escrow and there are ways to do that without compromising his anonymity. Run the other way! Don't waste your Bitcoins because it'll be just throwing them down the drain.

+1

Exactly right. Instant scammer.

Quote from: flatfly on September 21, 2012, 01:39:02 PM

I'm starting to suspect the owner is satoshi himself...

And if there's any truth to the rumors that he's dead,
that would explain the lack of response...

haha, good call.

Expiration date: 08 Mar 2013 05:04:00

We shall see. Hopefully it gets put to good use soon.

BlackHeartFund

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Quote from: ErebusBat on October 11, 2012, 10:45:21 PM

My guess is that if they hadn't come forward by now then they probably will not. Which is sad as I love piuk's services. 😰

What's in a (domain) name? The service is just as good on the .info domain. I agree that they are solid.

ErebusBat

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I am the one who knocks

My guess is that if they hadn't come forward by now then they probably will not. Which is sad as I love piuk's services. 😰

flatfly

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I'm starting to suspect the owner is satoshi himself...

And if there's any truth to the rumors that he's dead,
that would explain the lack of response...

AJM

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Sorry, was tired when reading this. Somehow I thought the 1500 was the bounty for getting the information of the owner. =/

MemoryDealers

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It looks to me like the first post is a firm offer of $1,000 for the domain name and $500 for a verifiable introduction to the domain owner.
$1,500 total

AJM

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What kind of offer are you prepared to make for the domain? I don't own it, but I feel there would be a better response from the owner if someone were able to get a message through to them with some hard numbers, not just "please contact me".

piuk

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bump

gbl08ma

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Quote from: nederhoed on September 12, 2012, 10:04:15 AM

Well, I wasn't sure if it had been tried. Since it was not written explicitly. At least, I thought. "the owner of the contact address does not respond", almost explicit...

I've learned not to think too much for other people. Especially when free coins are involved.

Indeed it's not obvious for people who read just this thread, but there are a couple other threads regarding blockchain dot com, and it's been discussed on there. Perhaps an effort should be made to keep the discussion to a single thread, locking the others.

nederhoed

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Well, I wasn't sure if it had been tried. Since it was not written explicitly. At least, I thought. "the owner of the contact address does not respond", almost explicit...

I've learned not to think too much for other people. Especially when free coins are involved.

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Quote from: nederhoed on September 12, 2012, 09:45:23 AM

Quote from: Blockchain_Helper on September 07, 2012, 05:47:43 AM

Update,

I will pay $500 for simply putting me in contact with the owner of Blockchain.COM
I will pay this even if the owner doesn't actually sell me the domain.

Hi Blockchain_Helper,

I'm in the race for the $500 (in BTC):
http://whois.domaintools.com/blockchain.com

The WhoisGuard email address will be forwarded to the real address:
"When some one sends an email to your uniquely generated [email protected] address, we will in-turn forward it your real email address which you specify. "

Here you go:
[email protected]

Good luck! Robert

That's been tried and even more than once I think. Do you think that if it were that easy, anyone would put up a $1000 bounty for it?

nederhoed

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Quote from: Blockchain_Helper on September 07, 2012, 05:47:43 AM

Update,

I will pay $500 for simply putting me in contact with the owner of Blockchain.COM
I will pay this even if the owner doesn't actually sell me the domain.

Hi Blockchain_Helper,

I'm in the race for the $500 (in BTC):
http://whois.domaintools.com/blockchain.com

The WhoisGuard email address will be forwarded to the real address:
"When some one sends an email to your uniquely generated [email protected] address, we will in-turn forward it your real email address which you specify. "

Here you go:
[email protected]

Good luck! Robert

HostFat

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I support freedom of choice

Have you tried with some emails like these?
[email protected]
[email protected]
...

CryptoFreak33

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Quote from: Blockchain_Helper on September 11, 2012, 08:50:57 AM

This person claims to be the owner of blockchain.com:

http://www.facebook.com/fannnnnnnnneww

I contacted them, agreed on a price in Bitcoins, but they:

1. Insisted that I pay the bitcoins first.
2. Refused to use an escrow service.
3. Refused to provide any proof that they actually own the domain.

They also said many strange things during the Skype chat in regards to the domain.

Does anyone know if this person is the real owner or if they can be trusted?

This is exactly why people get scammed so often. This guy is screaming scammer, You should not even consider doing business with him. There is absolutely no legitimate reason he shouldn't prove he is the owner or use escrow and there are ways to do that without compromising his anonymity. Run the other way! Don't waste your Bitcoins because it'll be just throwing them down the drain.

ErebusBat

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I am the one who knocks

Quote from: freeAgent on September 11, 2012, 04:57:44 PM

It should be trivially easy to prove that you own a domain, so if someone refuses to do so I would consider them a scammer.

Also not wanting to use escrow... I can't think of a single (valid) reason to not use escrow.

freeAgent

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It should be trivially easy to prove that you own a domain, so if someone refuses to do so I would consider them a scammer.

Raize

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If anyone needs someone to verify that an entity actually owns the domain or provide an escrow or do domain transfer verification I can help on the technical end. I'd do this for free, too, I just want to see the domain blockchain.com actually used. I can verify that WHOIS history going all the way back to when blockchain.com was registered has included the same [email protected] email. If they are not getting notified, they need to update their contact info with Whois Guard.

World

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Quote from: Spenzert on September 11, 2012, 08:53:09 AM

Quote from: Blockchain_Helper on September 11, 2012, 08:50:57 AM

This person claims to be the owner of blockchain.com:

http://www.facebook.com/fannnnnnnnneww

I contacted them, agreed on a price in Bitcoins, but they:

1. Insisted that I pay the bitcoins first.
2. Refused to use an escrow service.
3. Refused to provide any proof that they actually own the domain.

They also said many strange things during the Skype chat in regards to the domain.

Does anyone know if this person is the real owner or if they can be trusted?

If they don't prove nothing, don't pay.

hm 23 Years old Female Huh

I think is a fake profile

Blockchain_Helper

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Quote from: kakobrekla on September 11, 2012, 10:22:01 AM

Blockchain_Helper, since you are following this thread, I sent unrelated email to blockchain.info support and no answer in days, whats up with that?

I'm sure Piuk (Ben) is super busy adding all the new features to the site.
Feel free to email me at help at blockchain.info and I will do my best to help out.

Blockchain_Helper is here to help!

Tuxavant

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Quote from: kakobrekla on September 11, 2012, 10:22:01 AM

I sent unrelated email to blockchain.info support and no answer in days, whats up with that?

I get that a lot too :/

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