Topic: Any news about the treasurer (paraipan ) who stole BTC? (Read 861 times)
Posted more info here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5135232 since is more hidden than meta, and has more relevant clues.
Just a guess to how could he find the private keys! 
Billions of private keys are already found on the web, random private keys are "easy" to find the hard part is finding the private key of one specific address and since we have billions of address the chance to get a private key for an address with founds is very very very very very very very low.
Anyway, we are going offtopic.
Does anyone know if the update on GitHub profile can be done only from the author or the profile?
I guess @coinlocket$ found the private key to one of his address from the thousands of leaked private keys on the web.
Basically, it is not always through a brute force attack as he already side he would rather attack a key with some funds not an empty address. But he could have found it on web itself, an excellent example of an website were you can find 1889807 leaked private keys.
https://allprivatekeys.com/check-bitcoin-address-in-leaked-bitcoin-private-keys-database.php
Just a guess to how could he find the private keys!
Basically, it is not always through a brute force attack as he already side he would rather attack a key with some funds not an empty address. But he could have found it on web itself, an excellent example of an website were you can find 1889807 leaked private keys.
https://allprivatekeys.com/check-bitcoin-address-in-leaked-bitcoin-private-keys-database.php
Just a guess to how could he find the private keys!
What address is the private key to? Can you sign a message from it? I would think that would be harmless.
Are you sure GitHub did not auto "update" all profiles around the time it is showing as being last updated?
Obviously his private key is somewhere in the public domain. If you cannot post the address, was it the private key he held the forum bitcoin in?
I've asked to a friend of mine that is quite good with this kind of thing and he said is a manual update, someone should be doing it. I'm not sure of it since I do not know anything about GitHub.
For the address, I can sign a message but you will see the address, as I said I will share it only with theymos if he wants it.
No, it is a useless address with only a few transactions on it and it wasn't the address with 250 BTC.
I have a lot more to share about it but someone can think is inappropriate, so I don't know if I will share it publicly.
Theymos (presumably) has paraipan's dox, as I assume it was given to him so theymos could file tax forms in relation to paraipan's payment he would receive for holding the forum's money. Unless you have information to suggest paraipan had multiple IRL identities, or that he faked his death, I am not sure how much value this would be.
theymos also does not appear to be especially interested in playing an active role in recovering the money, perhaps out of fear of violating debt collection (and similar) laws.
So you are telling me you found a privkey on the internet that he used? That doesn't sound right. Lol
Search yourself, you will be surprised. It is not so easy to find it but with a good investigation, you will find it.
@loyce that could be a good solution, let me think about it I have several personal information.
Do you know anything if the GitHub profile can be updated only manually in Locale?
What address is the private key to? Can you sign a message from it? I would think that would be harmless.
Are you sure GitHub did not auto "update" all profiles around the time it is showing as being last updated?
Obviously his private key is somewhere in the public domain. If you cannot post the address, was it the private key he held the forum bitcoin in?
I've asked to a friend of mine that is quite good with this kind of thing and he said is a manual update, someone should be doing it. I'm not sure of it since I do not know anything about GitHub.
For the address, I can sign a message but you will see the address, as I said I will share it only with theymos if he wants it.
No, it is a useless address with only a few transactions on it and it wasn't the address with 250 BTC.
I have a lot more to share about it but someone can think is inappropriate, so I don't know if I will share it publicly.
So you are telling me you found a privkey on the internet that he used? That doesn't sound right. Lol
I have a lot more to share about it but someone can think is inappropriate, so I don't know if I will share it publicly.
Post it in Investigations (and PM me the link, I don't often go there)? What address is the private key to? Can you sign a message from it? I would think that would be harmless.
Are you sure GitHub did not auto "update" all profiles around the time it is showing as being last updated?
Obviously his private key is somewhere in the public domain. If you cannot post the address, was it the private key he held the forum bitcoin in?
I've asked to a friend of mine that is quite good with this kind of thing and he said is a manual update, someone should be doing it. I'm not sure of it since I do not know anything about GitHub.
For the address, I can sign a message but you will see the address, as I said I will share it only with theymos if he wants it.
No, it is a useless address with only a few transactions on it and it wasn't the address with 250 BTC.
I have a lot more to share about it but someone can think is inappropriate, so I don't know if I will share it publicly.
With a lot of research, you have no idea!
I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
What address is the private key to? Can you sign a message from it? I would think that would be harmless. I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
Are you sure GitHub did not auto "update" all profiles around the time it is showing as being last updated? Are you able to rule out something changing that would not be caused by someone logging into the account? The API response does show it being updated in 2017, but there are no "contributions" in years. I see it lists the email as "null" -- perhaps github removed the email when it got a "bounceback" when his email account was closed due to inactivity (this is of course speculation).
Obviously his private key is somewhere in the public domain. If you cannot post the address, was it the private key he held the forum bitcoin in?
If we can all get people's private keys by doing research theres no sense of using those private keys..
I answered. READ.
Search it and you will find it, as I said I can share the key to theymos only, for obvious reasons. (But the wallet is empty and with only few transactions)
To answer to your brutal force attack, your keys will probably be safe for another 50+ years with the actual progression of the power calculation of pc and the difficulty of keys, when the power of pc will be enough to be a problem for the brutal attack they will probably change the difficulty of keys.
Also if I can brutal force an address assuming that I want to do it, do you think I will attack an empty wallet or one with bitcoin on it?
With a lot of research, you have no idea!
I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
just answer the question,how did you? if you forcefully got it you technically stole it,did you?I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
If we can all get people's private keys by doing research theres no sense of using those private keys..
With a lot of research, you have no idea!
I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
I can post one more not a harmless thing
his GitHub profile has been updated on 2017, even if I have no idea on why and who could do it.
https://api.github.com/users/paraipan
After 3 days of researches.
I've found a private key of Paraipan but the address is empty, I found a lot of interesting things but this may seem offensive for somebody, so I don't really know if I should post them or not.
For the private key, I will never share it publicly, if theymos wants it I will send it by pm only to him. (the key is for a very low-value address and I do not think it will be used ever again)
How did you find his private key? I've found a private key of Paraipan but the address is empty, I found a lot of interesting things but this may seem offensive for somebody, so I don't really know if I should post them or not.
For the private key, I will never share it publicly, if theymos wants it I will send it by pm only to him. (the key is for a very low-value address and I do not think it will be used ever again)
After 3 days of researches.
I've found a private key of Paraipan but the address is empty, I found a lot of interesting things but this may seem offensive for somebody, so I don't really know if I should post them or not.
For the private key, I will never share it publicly, if theymos wants it I will send it by pm only to him. (the key is for a very low-value address and I do not think it will be used ever again)
I've found a private key of Paraipan but the address is empty, I found a lot of interesting things but this may seem offensive for somebody, so I don't really know if I should post them or not.
For the private key, I will never share it publicly, if theymos wants it I will send it by pm only to him. (the key is for a very low-value address and I do not think it will be used ever again)
This case is very interesting, spent some hours on it and I found something very very interesting, I will dig more tomorrow. Bed time now.
Edit: before posting here if I can confirm what I found I will send a message to Theymos so do not except till I can confirm what I found.
Edit: before posting here if I can confirm what I found I will send a message to Theymos so do not except till I can confirm what I found.
Just picked up a few addresses that were involved in the chain of addresses and still have BTC in them
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
Address 143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
Hash 160 215d214c4abab48e85a66666b1578bf47b2c8208
Transactions
No. Transactions 8
Total Received 182.00000002 BTC
Final Balance 30.00000002 BTC
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/16bzFLrJpw3BMJWxJiivEwbPaPXQuQjVGh
Address 16bzFLrJpw3BMJWxJiivEwbPaPXQuQjVGh
Hash 160 3d768f2a851207666470db6cf35482bc63f38527
Transactions
No. Transactions 4
Total Received 101.00000001 BTC
Final Balance 100.00000001 BTC
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1G6Pvh2713qT3pwDAXZwi77KRscR3wKcXp
Address 1G6Pvh2713qT3pwDAXZwi77KRscR3wKcXp
Hash 160 a58f1a9d9a857f299b39ab04a6b565bee7cfafe7
Transactions
No. Transactions 8
Total Received 46.05435398 BTC
Final Balance 5 BTC
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
Address 143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
Hash 160 215d214c4abab48e85a66666b1578bf47b2c8208
Transactions
No. Transactions 8
Total Received 182.00000002 BTC
Final Balance 30.00000002 BTC
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/16bzFLrJpw3BMJWxJiivEwbPaPXQuQjVGh
Address 16bzFLrJpw3BMJWxJiivEwbPaPXQuQjVGh
Hash 160 3d768f2a851207666470db6cf35482bc63f38527
Transactions
No. Transactions 4
Total Received 101.00000001 BTC
Final Balance 100.00000001 BTC
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1G6Pvh2713qT3pwDAXZwi77KRscR3wKcXp
Address 1G6Pvh2713qT3pwDAXZwi77KRscR3wKcXp
Hash 160 a58f1a9d9a857f299b39ab04a6b565bee7cfafe7
Transactions
No. Transactions 8
Total Received 46.05435398 BTC
Final Balance 5 BTC
Has his death be confirmed? You know on 2014 Bitcoin reached 1k value after the pump and 250 bitcoin were 250k usd, if he death has be confirmed somewhere than RIP.
An interesting fact the account vite who announced the peraipan's death here, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/rest-in-peace-paraipan-583286 seems to be now a hacked or sold account http://archive.fo/MTfeg , looking at his post history. https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/vite-49941;sa=showPosts;start=0
Sadly both addresses are virgin.
Raw data of addresses involved
An interesting fact the account vite who announced the peraipan's death here, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/rest-in-peace-paraipan-583286 seems to be now a hacked or sold account http://archive.fo/MTfeg , looking at his post history. https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/vite-49941;sa=showPosts;start=0
Username: vite
Current Post Count: 1014
Current Rank: Legendary
Bitcoin Address: 35SFL9incRGj8pu7Q8YBxV3WZux3ByQsMY
Current Post Count: 1014
Current Rank: Legendary
Bitcoin Address: 35SFL9incRGj8pu7Q8YBxV3WZux3ByQsMY
Good luck on the project. Hope this coin will become much more worthy in the future. Cheeers.
Address: 1DDeQqc9xCxtW8tyrNP6afkM5y6FzzWtSk
Address: 1DDeQqc9xCxtW8tyrNP6afkM5y6FzzWtSk
Sadly both addresses are virgin.
Raw data of addresses involved
Code:
1D2hSwYYiEmEim2ot8Ga3vhxY46Hd8Z5gc
143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn 1NNTmFuUTSM88oDztgM7Fczmk1Vtj7TF3e
1GpmtW7YovmRGcNrf3P6NEaYm6dikrkv7w
143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
14QevMsY5KDLJuNNL86ZyYwEFQEviVUhqm
3AcGbPBMGVsMC2kPSgqwYn63UhVSChTEp9
1Nf1vbBEuURWHvqgBpN5dw1zyQZvDBQdj1
3DNsL67AdgMq2z21N9EWxQnRqtECatBjoa
38ktjFh4G6r5VvqbNNZ8zpujUUiaZ2MEpW
17nHkrMaXyRyKdoqiyeDDC27vCGAc7SL7h
37eBwh6TH5n93z1ifEpb7U553Q3UmYdcYi
18KJBw1FpYveqTmFpPphWgJobozrssJJ2B
3Pj4bBGGhWrtpNSDEx8RQtVvfdrx3RHyrE
1Hr6iMqWiPDdkrcjJbDYNKzjPpRMHsByLM
3AJNm5fqrs5n67acpExdD3opVvXsvfYvwo
114FkMZMuxNBGx6y2CG1F15n4eVYkht1z4
143Qs82VgAt9HaSxtJnk9Cp5QzPDw88hFn
1AzTFeLr7L59aMjjLagKvHsZVBFTwFcrvf
19jZC7k4apchzkYYzb2GSvDH5E5ipTjFY6
1Gozcijs8FbuBkkeABTAp1JZ1JwzS8k6nT
1L7pfak1spHnC7inTaXBaEoaSMqZdXmtGr
1H9jiaunR16DMzmSjaQYkqvEas5GjC9opf
166mncX8Eo4tTh6pU2KUqaH67pudnPYB9d
16268hB86YiM95taTG729p8w6b8nDL8nug
14amNafSso8NQSFCfsjjPy1cXUnv94jX15
1KwEdSM5cWRbCQNeqcUera95vHvZMYPEFC
1G3kLSsVZYa5BrkEwJ1aZkNUoqB9NDdzXi
37DCWUGQHDuYgH4H3Dr3PNZ6aqmPG1chr3
1G6Pvh2713qT3pwDAXZwi77KRscR3wKcXp
1LxyJrPu3QUu2mAW8dk45m31G9UfoY2kdh
12cAhyk3t4jqVkADw4dgiyTQPcqN7aw1GT
3GEnQ7ChhGoPCcBn2CRJexNcgK7FMaBGTr
16bzFLrJpw3BMJWxJiivEwbPaPXQuQjVGh
1L7pfak1spHnC7inTaXBaEoaSMqZdXmtGr
14amNafSso8NQSFCfsjjPy1cXUnv94jX15
1PFkqgBBrSKikyyUGDerZMfzvCNPgKrR3o
Who knows if someone bought his computer equipment (perhaps at an estate sale), or if this was the family moving funds, perhaps not knowing the money belongs to someone else.
Has anyone contacted Bitstamp about the missing coins?
Has anyone contacted Bitstamp about the missing coins?
This is always my issue with exploring into this sort of thing.
Who knows if the original owner even has the coins, most chains have been tainted and even selling the private keys was sometimes done in the past...
If someone can figure out the owner of the bitstamp account, the owner can at least be asked questions about the coins.
If the coins were moved on behalf of paraipans estate, I think it is probably too late to try to recover the money as there are time limits on how long creditors have to file claims against an estate, although the lack of service may affect these limits — an estate lawyer can provide more specific advice on the matter.
I doubt the owner would give any form of information without some form of legal request.
I can't think of a valid reason not to switch to multi-sig asap. Paraipan has already proven what can happen without it.
Who knows if someone bought his computer equipment (perhaps at an estate sale), or if this was the family moving funds, perhaps not knowing the money belongs to someone else.
Has anyone contacted Bitstamp about the missing coins?
Has anyone contacted Bitstamp about the missing coins?
This is always my issue with exploring into this sort of thing.
Who knows if the original owner even has the coins, most chains have been tainted and even selling the private keys was sometimes done in the past...
If someone can figure out the owner of the bitstamp account, the owner can at least be asked questions about the coins.
If the coins were moved on behalf of paraipans estate, I think it is probably too late to try to recover the money as there are time limits on how long creditors have to file claims against an estate, although the lack of service may affect these limits — an estate lawyer can provide more specific advice on the matter.
No, several people looked into it, but nobody was able to make contact with anyone who knew anything about what he did with the BTC or who might've stolen it after his death. The 25% reward still stands on any returned amount.
So 25% from that stolen BTC huh, the culprit is very difficult to find and with the existent of Bitcoin Mixer the mission to locate that guy is almost impposible. I wonder who got his Private Key after he died, his Wife? and maybe the people who is close to him might have some hints.
Jump to: