I don't care a whole lot... but I do care a little bit about this pirate thing because I think it affects the $ I can sell my BTC for. So this pirate mess begins and out comes this wacky 10k BTC bet.
Ordinarily, when you make a bet with someone... both parties show their money. That isn't how this 10k BTC bet works though.
Little new users make their bets. 10 BTC here, 20 BTC there. And before you know it, 1000 people have little bets that they will pay out if they lose. Further, if asked, most of them would show their ability to pay by signing an address.
But not Matthew. He flatly refuses. So there are various ways this will play out.
Matthew wins the bet and the little guys pay him.
Matthew loses the bet and he pays. Great... That still wouldn't answer why he is unable to show NOW that he has 10,000 BTC.
Matthew loses the bet and doesn't pay. This means he was either unwilling or unable to pay. The unwilling part is always an unknown unless you're dealing with an escrow. The winning party is often at risk of the losing party refusing to pay, but this is one of the few times the potential winners are at risk of the losing party being UNABLE to pay. Whether he is unwilling or unable doesn't change the press after he defaults.
"Large Crypto-currency better defaults... Once again proof you can't trust Bitcoin or the people associated with it..."
It hurts the community a little and it's totally unnecessary.
Your fears are justified. I am not intending to troll -you- then, just the people adamant that I don't have the funds to back it up. Your concerns are respected and I apologize for confusing you with people who just talk shit about me (it's becoming noisy around here). I can prove I have the funds, as I've said numerous times, it takes effort to move the funds where I want them just to prove, and it's not instant, so aside from yourself, if any other individual who is obviously trolling, wants to make a statement such as "I KNOW FOR SURE HE DOESN"T HAVE THEM. HE'S A SCAMMER", that's what this thread is for-- imposing a stupid tax on them.
Furthermore, none of the betters have bothered to ask me to prove it when betting, it is only -non-betters who seem worried. Why would I jump because people say to who aren't even the invested parties? This is where your lack of imagination is clear. You assume too much.