Topic: A day in the life of a pirate. - page 19. (Read 31744 times)

I like Pirate for one, even if he is running a highly illegal and undercover operation for three reasons:

• He makes bank
• He pisses everyone else off in how he does it
• No one can stop him because people follow the money
• He doesn't constantly defend himself on a bullshit unrelated forum

What do they call this in the real world again? Oh yea, professionalism.

It's good to see you finally deny some of the more serious allegations.

I'll give the PPTs more thought now.

It depends on what show you're referring to.

The "Pirate Show" or the "Ninja Show".  I just wanted to clear up a few things and felt it was time to release a statement.  Believe it or not, either way I couldn't care less. 

You know we can't do that, pirate.

Mods, please move this post if its in the wrong section.  Thanks

Howdy Y'all

So there seems to be an ever-growing list of topics and links regarding information about what exactly I do to pay my lenders.  Most of the information seems to be fabricated by people wearing pointy foil hats.  On the other hand there are a few respected members of the community that seem to have fallen into the FUD world which has become... this forum.  As you can imagine, knowing what I know about what I do, it's been pretty entertaining to watch.  I must admit, I do enjoy the thrill of getting a reaction from some of these nuts, but there does come a time when you have to stop throwing fuel on the fire.

What do I do?  Lots, and you couldn't pay me enough to tell how I do it.  Why?  Cause, as most of you know I've made a lot of money doing this and I'm simply not going to kill a good thing for now.  Currently I don't have to fund any portion of BTCS&T due to my extensive list of lenders and like any professional would tell you... Don't tie up your cash unless you have to.  So if there was enough time-consuming BS going around that drove me to either disclose what I do exactly (and thus kill my profit margins) or fund the operation myself and increase my profit margin, you can imagine which one I'd choose.

At this time, I don't need to make that decision.  I know what I do and have every right to what I disclose about my process.  So, now lets get to the good stuff.

Q - Are you running a drug ring and laundering money for Silk Road?
A - Are you kidding me? I live in the US.  If anything I was doing was illegal, my CPA, attorneys, and scariest... my wife would have my head.  So to make it clear, nothing I'm associated with is illegal.

Q - Are you the mystery Bitcoinica investor?
A - No, although I thought about it early on when I was looking into the different sectors, but coming from forex trading there would be so much I would change that it would be much easier to build it from scratch.

Q - Did you hack Bitcoinica or help to launder the coins?
A - No, as some of you know I have an extensive list of certifications but all of them are networking and datacenter related.  I have business partners that handle all of the coding work and a few friends that fill in the gaps when needed.  Honestly I wouldn't know if stolen coins are being moved in and out of BTCS&T or GPUMAX. We don't have systems in place to check for them nor would I add them, due to the simple fact that I'm not here to police the market, nor do I condone the practice. If someone steals your cash out of your wallet and you have the serial numbers, do you think anyone would care?

Q - Is BTCS&T a Ponzi?
A - Although, theoretically I could have run a Ponzi scheme for a while early on, it just wasn't something I would ever want to be a part of.  If I wanted it to be one, it would have been at much lower rates and I'd be asking for everyone to join.

Q - What's up with the check warrant?
A - Those of you that have contacted me about this knew really early on about it.  The check is for a tiny amount at a Lowe's hardware store in a city I lived in for two years back in 2002-2003.  The check is for some company I have never heard of and haven't been able to find any information about.  My drivers license number was written on the top of the check so it was associated with me.  I didn't hear about this till years later when I was Googling myself and called to find out what it was and attempt to get it fixed.  I just wanted to pay it to clear my record but they required me to confirm some information on the check which I couldn't do and would have to file a police report as well as setup a court date to deal with it.  It just wasn't worth my time and could really care less about it.  If I'm ever out in the desert again and get pulled over, maybe then they'll let me pay it.

I hope this information helps, but I know its not what some of you wanted.  In the end, the only people I care about are my lenders and even then, they don't have to invest with me if they're worried about what I'm doing.

A big thanks to all of my lenders and those that support my projects.  I do sleep sometimes and can't always see everything that is said about me on the forums but I can tell you that it's a breath of fresh air to wake up and see how many of you have my back when I'm not around.  It doesn't go unnoticed and want you to know I'm here and plan to be for a while.

Now, on with the show.

EDIT: There are a couple of people that I know doing the exact same thing I do.  One in the states and one in the UK.  Early on they both contacted me within days of each other asking for some tips on how I handled the process.  Now this was after a very detailed description of what they thought I was doing.  Considering they're not in my area and we'd end up helping each other out, I decided I'd lend a hand in getting them off the ground.  We've keep in contact and to-date (based on how many of you have no idea what's going on) they've kept the information I've told them secret and I can't tell you what that means to me.

Now, I never expect anything in return and this is not a call for them to come forward in the least (they know that).  I simply wanted to mention it and say thanks.