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newbie
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April 09, 2014, 10:07:12 AM
If that's how people here feel, why not use the forum "Trust" feature to indicate your trust or the lack thereof? Sure, many choose to scoff at it for this or that, but hey, it's there for a reason.
hero member
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peace
April 09, 2014, 04:00:12 AM
so, according to this post:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6126415

And the following comment:
lmao those bastards! keep the digging phin! Cheesy

a recent comment of mine about your ongoing work in a french thread urging for a neutral moderator got "burried" in the french off-topic section by that very same moderator, who is, well, you know.. Grin

Davout removes posts from a french thread requesting nothing else than a neutral moderator and sticks those removed posts in a new thread which gets labeled as off-topic.
These 'removed posts' are specifically related to Instawallet, Bitcoin ! and Davout and adds even more grounds to requesting a neutral moderator in the first place.

Attention Davout: Are these allegations correct and does this portray an accurate picture of your character?

Thank you

hero member
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peace
April 08, 2014, 10:50:38 AM
I don't believe I ever got my meagre 0.3Bitcoins nor any response.
Is there still a way for me to move forward with this ?

Not quite the level of Bruno. You seem to have been on this topic from the beginning.

Add an exception for this particular certificate so you can access the interface and PM what you see, I'll have a look.

Did not get my deposit back as I did not have sufficient proof of making my claim in the first place.

To paraphrase a little piece from the french section,
Is there a count of how much BTC got reimbursed vs the total reported in instawallet before the show started?
legendary
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April 08, 2014, 09:54:02 AM
lmao those bastards! keep the digging phin! Cheesy

a recent comment of mine about your ongoing work in a french thread urging for a neutral moderator got "burried" in the french off-topic section by that very same moderator, who is, well, you know.. Grin
legendary
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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending
April 05, 2014, 02:03:58 AM
legendary
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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending
April 05, 2014, 12:34:10 AM
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Paymium is a software company founded in June 2011 specializing in innovative payment and security solutions.

While developing our solutions, we are focusing on ease-of-use and security.

The three founders of Paymium, Gonzague Grandval, Pierre Noizat and David François, have a cumulated experience of over 30 years in payment solutions, software development and computer security.



legendary
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April 04, 2014, 11:57:59 PM
Ongoing list of InstaWallet wallets of interest. (even named the title of this post such for easy recovery down the road)

https://blockchain.info/address/1uKVtMUK7E2CkVynYa7ytnTu6wGqFTxUV
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 11:55:49 PM
Let's visualize InstaWallet's Cold Storage wallets, shall we, prior to them finding a new home here: https://blockchain.info/address/1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy, for perhaps there's something we can glean.

https://blockchain.info/tx/996b0e98db80b20516313cd32920e7c8093a8a5bf1e1b1887747338a49052ce5

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Instawallet Cold Storage  (50 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-03-12 00:37:04
Instawallet Cold Storage  (700 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-03-12 01:19:22
Instawallet Cold Storage  (206 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-03-17 12:59:05
Instawallet Cold Storage  (1,835.42145153 BTC - Output)        ~ 2013-03-18 14:07:26
Instawallet Cold Storage  (4,365 BTC - Output)                        ~ 2013-03-19 10:34:40
Instawallet Cold Storage  (2,500 BTC - Output)                        ~ 2013-03-19 11:10:27
Instawallet Cold Storage  (900 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-03-20 20:50:20
Instawallet Cold Storage  (19.17 BTC - Output)                        ~ 2013-03-22 19:01:53
Instawallet Cold Storage  (800 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-03-23 15:49:43
Instawallet Cold Storage  (17 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-03-23 22:27:35
Instawallet Cold Storage  (1,913.23962905 BTC - Output)        ~ 2013-03-25 18:49:14
Instawallet Cold Storage  (694.16891942 BTC - Output)           ~ 2013-03-28 20:00:28
Instawallet Cold Storage  (10 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-04-01 16:35:54
Instawallet Cold Storage  (50 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-04-01 16:35:54
Instawallet Cold Storage  (100 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-04-01 17:18:38
Instawallet Cold Storage  (10 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-04-01 17:41:58
Instawallet Cold Storage  (50 BTC - Output)                             ~ 2013-04-01 22:42:16
Instawallet Cold Storage  (100 BTC - Output)                           ~ 2013-04-01 17:41:58

http://web.archive.org/web/20130601082205/http://paytunia.com/

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[Apr-02 6:00PM CET]

Our servers have been quarantined and are currently being used for the investigation of the security breach.

We are currently in the process of building a new secure production environment to return with normal service.

The funds, both in euros and bitcoins, of Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia users are not affected. Incoming wire transfers that have been credited by our bank will be available when normal service resumes.

Confirmed Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia EUR withdrawals requested before March 28, 2013 at 21:10 by verified users have been processed today.

We thank you for your trust and patience!
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 08:20:51 PM
I have two theories as to where/what happened with my 1,132 BTC.

One is that it's located in here somewhere: https://blockchain.info/tx/5d8579d0c992188eec9c3057ccde4be7349c000946e44ad9e72857542372314c

The other is that it never hit InstaWallet's Cold or Hot Wallet, instead stored, like others, on wallets used for Bitcoin-Central or Paymium, or some other, pulling from such when needed, for that would explain why just prior to the hack my two wallets in questioned showed a 0 balance on blockchain.info when I clicked on it.

I just thought of something else. If I still had my old laptop that went kaputski, hence tossing, I possibly could retrieve the URL that was clicked to discovered at least the last bitcoin wallet address I was assigned.

The other thing is that I could (even have since, but to no avail) search the Google chrome history, but that's predicated on which account I was logged into at the time, if I was even logged in, for for (I meant to type that twice for grammar purposes) a period of time (months), somehow Google Chrome would log me out, and I wouldn't know it till I returned to my Google homepage of which was, and still is Google News.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 06:30:16 PM
I like IW, but something has changed recently and I can't put my finger on it.

[...]

~Bruno K~

PS: To be clear, the wallet address is 1JppeHVdYQEBGR4uHVTqLQsb2FY1wUTziH

Dear Bruno,

Instawallet has always worked like a shared wallet, nothing has ever changed in this respect.

The fact you used to see coins remain at the deposit address simply means that :
 - there used to be less coin turnover,
 - the cold storage was less used,
 - any combination of the previous reasons.

Some stuff does change though, you used to get your transaction ID back immediately when sending coins, that's not the case anymore, sends are now asynchronously handled by a background worker. That's much more secure in terms of potential race conditions, much more robust in terms of infrastructure, much more maintenable (since now I can simply stop the worker, do some work on bitcoind and switch it back on).

The traffic also increases a lot, to give you an idea, our average weekly turnover is around 10kBTC in, and 10kBTC out, it recently peaked at around 50kBTC/week.

Your wallet has exactly the amount you expect to be available, you can't rely on blockchain.info to tell you how much is available in an account on a shared wallet.

This is how your balance is calculated :



Hope it's clearer Smiley
You've always being running a fractional reserve bank through.

Ironically, this is what transpired the very next day, ~12 hours later: https://blockchain.info/tx/f0dba606f4d245c49a165035eabe3457949b8c04f33b0af53b17ffece01e9176



Why would InstaWallet need to transfer out bitcoins to wallet https://blockchain.info/address/1BcCo1dNztEjMtzxFTbtQuZEuK1NkvN8q5 that was later transferred to claims payout wallet?: https://blockchain.info/address/1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy

https://blockchain.info/tx/4cf56d0c1566778030095925328f4bc7ae988657bd62fe8bc05ac67302d32b4c



With apologies for showing the value in $ oppose to BTC, which was my intent to remain consistent, this wallet - https://blockchain.info/address/1HEVQNxwuKx2nXdyqF86nAf49Epx5jS2Vk - was Bitcoin-Central's claims/unification wallet, and not InstaWallet's.

https://blockchain.info/tx/14a5adce82fecf976f9ec963c86a051d363ad7301bf96b055364de7a27b3bfee


Following pic depicts the same as above, but in dollars to show that it's the same as the first pict further above.

InstaWallet's Claims Wallet: https://blockchain.info/address/1JwXxGessiou1WaUaWXuttzkqnXFEbc4ZB

Bitcoin-Centrals Customer's Wallet: https://blockchain.info/address/1HEVQNxwuKx2nXdyqF86nAf49Epx5jS2Vk and possibly https://blockchain.info/address/1uAcfMBjRNZeQZumRhuyTLQskbUVgzkJm



I'm confident that MAC's post about InstaWallet being a fractional reserve bank through is what started the wheels in motion to orchestrate the supposed "HACK".
legendary
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April 03, 2014, 10:59:54 PM




Revisiting this wallet https://blockchain.info/address/1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy we learn from http://thebitcoinnews.co.uk/2013/04/13/bitcoin-central-and-instawallet-hacked/

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Bitcoin-Central reports that all 41,854.5915 BTC of customer funds (some $5,315,951.67 USD at today’s rates) is stored in bitcoin address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy and is fully under control by them.  They also report that “Due to the recent and important price fluctuations we will cancel some outstanding orders before reopening. For example if the average price stays above 100 EUR/BTC we will cancel all asks below 110 EUR/BTC. No trades will be reversed.”

But, of that 41,854.5915 BTC, 14,319.9 BTC of it stemmed from InstaWallet's Cold Storage, whereupon it was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1JwXxGessiou1WaUaWXuttzkqnXFEbc4ZB on April 8, 2013.

On May 10, 2013, the above wallet was moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1FvMVtzxACJejfZvqtiSsTrUCpR2HYveB6 consisting of 14,329.9 BTC.

On July 19, 2013, the first batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 11,509.82549641 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1HAo32apFqzKcSBkXVHR5vLnnFuuFoxzFU

On July 26, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 7,323.12048901 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19vZF13np1n33xBBxw6v2vbnC37P1UXpGN, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1AGbFkrQPuRHLSU3FNLpdkBvcXBuyZjJWn on the same day.

On August 1, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 6,459.55705531 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/13j3Hqq2H5F8dP1UbXWKFP9h6JohjdNim5, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1BNZxywLJNkBAivqRZfvVGSnLf6JdcefXr on the same day.

On August 9, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 5,283.01032861 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1PSuJQjccfDGjopXYUQnof7b3KeeN8wZLy, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1DSQSZujNWvjHTTzuwjDgaHjMNKojSg3Nbon the same day.

On August 20, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 4,970.80156601 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/17Mhe6FKxGQto3a3BgY7ugtLcaMNQwTLUD, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1DFX3PwMuiuQJTzAT4kJMpokfXoEquJBss on the same day.

On August 31, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 4,096.70590951 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19fr8eSramPNTdx53CfgBTveEdrkQWPHZc, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1GjZuMW2kpY8jchyNsgeeHusRouPvCdtC4 on the same day.

On September, 21, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 3,421.80247781 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/16bNW7aFNsPCuZ4G4aDzQxbAoJKASFebDJ, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1JFnEKDNPCvGTzX4CPec9WzA5mieUsxiVc on the same day.

On October 7, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 2,686.95105901 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19qB4iJAs4BYwYfXzWrWmTiSAnwsHCufDV, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1Kk8rWQGX87pc15J3J6ehzFfkC5y7dG1Nr on the same day.



On November 11, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 2,477.44025106 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1EBbWFi8ociPACJTWHxsG1xsSYCT6oxGof, then moved to one main wallet and a currently unspent wallet as seen in the following tx: https://blockchain.info/tx/83611cbdc7b461d8e355342075d32bff9978e42f3eaacaa6b97555d498920e9d

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1BgfFs9L16RjG45n5AipYCsLE3sPht7USn - (Unspent) 248.77082436 BTC
16EoVcokYrSDHu4i26vR2h69Y8VtPLEyyf - (Spent) 2,228.6694267 BTC

Thus, 2,228.6694267 BTC was transferred from https://blockchain.info/address/1EBbWFi8ociPACJTWHxsG1xsSYCT6oxGof to https://blockchain.info/address/16EoVcokYrSDHu4i26vR2h69Y8VtPLEyyf on the same day.

Still on November 11, 2013, according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/d3b20dcdca7c3ed8709bf03c09138a690ed1ae6a7d6a8c21f1d3b35162545ae3, another 250 BTC was transferred and currently unspent to https://blockchain.info/address/18QQAfHJ5jx6drHapCKY4791LtvwMZEFfy, with the bulk totally 1,978.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1Ln1VirN3aGUh5xvbS6oRVKkX41G9GJ5ZV (again, on the same day).

Still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/81798aab88fa2e35ace1b7ef105e185b7dedebeb4f251e853eaf5ca8f2bd35bb, with the bulk totally 1,728.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/17McuH2qWo4BU9Sf2QdM23zbLqQbB7H5cC

Yes, again, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/171891497886b4903ef00ac035c043b3091d68f5e24ff8917903cc5ba0874b37, with the bulk totally 1,478.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/15U1EdLjh5wHPgxaChVyjqH5bQVs96MbYY

LOL, HaHaHa, Fuck Me In The Ass, guess what? (unless you're an idiot, you should know what's coming next) Yes, again, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/0e56ed15efe125590112727872ec4b6371885acc72faf9561e34db7021907736, with the bulk totally 1,228.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1AnzZ889ZndDLfwEiKzKPSou1JzjxJxWy

As if you didn't see this coming, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/20f4cbe736be54f835b55d1cb0c6fce2141a94061df3674ca0a57ec6196ad50d, with the bulk totally 978.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/17ffqaEXgzAYww5U4PwXBLVDHBu4b5jJM8

Looking forward, I see a pattern here, so I'll abbreviate my paragraphs.

Still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/19a5bfc6c35986f06b0addec245bf6b45f09a4e9e7baff57f350e045f262d35d, with the bulk totally 728.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1Lkdr6JHEmo4xwPnMHVvpWfGAMREVptN7D

Still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/9ba783d9f9788b107bee4fb3c78c4063b60b8dda0653022ed4505ed2315c0fde, with the bulk totally 478.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1JMeWJKdrFho1mvcZsahcxWyBxRJ9rc1wA

Still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/12949fe6e6419c400d11c8c7b8c5a7b15bb839cc93a28061540ce372c0de664b, with the remainder totally 228.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/14GNRm8iqwg7em7yqdz4gYPA1MvyvdA41P

Now, this is where is gets very interesting. Remember what I penned above (in pink) about revisiting a certain wallet?



When I penned the above, I seriously didn't believe that I would be revisiting said address anytime soon, let alone in this thread, but that's exactly what I'm about to do.

Prior to the November 11, 2013, claims payout, the previous claims payout date was October 7, 2013. On October 12, 2013, this tx occurred: https://blockchain.info/tx/578f144c14a9eab939949ba9fbf655bbe52dcc83ee9340d307cd0c8ae43ee37f

Note the 21.3305733 BTC that went into the bitcoin wallet address 1Kk8rWQGX87pc15J3J6ehzFfkC5y7dG1Nr. It just so happens to be the exact - to the satoshi - amount needed to be added to the 228.6694267 BTC in bitcoin wallet address https://blockchain.info/address/14GNRm8iqwg7em7yqdz4gYPA1MvyvdA41P to become another perfect 250 BTC, currently unspent and sitting in https://blockchain.info/address/126hEMN9C1s6fXRifvaR41euW7oy3pnLXW

That's a pretty amazing feat considering we're talking about ~30 days in between said two wallets. In case there's a mistake on my part, allow me to check the math: 228.6694267 + 21.3305733 = 250. Yep! No mistake, and I even highlighted it because that's the way Davout likes things of importance shown on this thread.

But, I'm not done yet. This was so interesting to me, albeit probably not to others, that I couldn't but help myself to uncover how, and from where, that 21.3305733 BTC was derived. Boy, was I ever in a shock, as I'm sure the reader of this post will be once it's revealed to them.

https://blockchain.info/tx/578f144c14a9eab939949ba9fbf655bbe52dcc83ee9340d307cd0c8ae43ee37f



In the above pic, note the two addresses:

https://blockchain.info/address/1FQ3zjPAvCNFHAWijc7XhywJMHQxh9N27n
https://blockchain.info/address/1QriNzDX5dv3JtP5ome7fd9YACv4whN5J

Following back on the second one first, we have...

1FQ3zjPAvCNFHAWijc7XhywJMHQxh9N27n (1.2092733 BTC - Output)
https://blockchain.info/address/1NShJuJmhAEGxrtcfAhYgYKK16isqyzRdA
https://blockchain.info/address/1QriNzDX5dv3JtP5ome7fd9YACv4whN5J

That's odd: 1QriNzDX5dv3JtP5ome7fd9YACv4whN5J funded 1FQ3zjPAvCNFHAWijc7XhywJMHQxh9N27n utilizing an added hop. Why would address 1NShJuJmhAEGxrtcfAhYgYKK16isqyzRdA need to be introduced at all? Perhaps, https://blockchain.info/tx/d954cb43d625612cc214b977782d3d1c16d8e90a0fbd63cb80144f5adb2b356c holds a clue.



I see! Some bitcoins needed to be moved to some other wallet, namely...

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1Paymium35iCpZjP6zeiRF1UNxzZY9vbha - (Unspent) 0.2 BTC

Sadly, there's no way in hell to figure out who that wallet belongs to, or even if they still have access to it, for it's been since last October when it was funded. As a PSA, if anybody recognizes the wallet address, please inform its owner that there's bitcoins awaiting them. I'm sure they'll love to know.

Now, let's explore bitcon wallet address https://blockchain.info/address/1QriNzDX5dv3JtP5ome7fd9YACv4whN5J, shall we. Perhaps, there within provides a clue as to where that magic 21.3305733 BTC derived from. We can only hope.

For starters, the wallet was created on 2013-10-01 21:17:52.

The first tx is the following: https://blockchain.info/tx/efc6a4ce37c63f8ba7ddc19ffcb74aafc0dd20594574150f5b55e749eb1acfd8



After doing a little Googling, I discovered that some dude named Jan Vornberger owns bitcoinmonitor.com and bluetile.org.

Question: Why would some dude named Jan Vornberger fund an InstaWallet claims wallet, especially aiding (and abetting(?)) by creating a bitcoin wallet address with exactly 21.3305733 BTC that's going to be needed ~30 days down the road to fund an exact 250 BTC bitcoin wallet? My guess is that we'll never know who owns the 1Paymium... wallet I mentioned above, only Jehovah (Jav for short) is in the know.

Wait, there's more! The wallet where my February 11, 2014, baby claim payout stemmed from https://blockchain.info/tx/f4dae89782552df4c15f1dcd9c82a199ea756579245a38c1c97ec4d4f6993eff was created on...wait for it...August 1, 2013, the day the third claims payout was dispersed.

After https://blockchain.info/address/1NfRQpRSrCztyxeHkwp3YAyA6yJGBCbUE paid out claims, there still remained 51.79075967 BTC in wallet https://blockchain.info/address/1AmTeTpMC777yH1SJENhH4zzArwqg2qi8P, currently unspent.

Thus, at this penning, I've uncovered 2,477.44025106 BTC + 51.79075967 BTC = 2529.23101073 BTC that InstaWallet still has control of and belongs to its non-customers unless, of course, it's mostly theirs and still going through the spin cycle. Heaven forbid I discover more bitcoins deposite via some dude named Jan Vornberger, but phrase Jav that that won't be the case, otherwise I may have to hunt down this Jan dude to see what's what.

~Bruno Kucinskas
legendary
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April 03, 2014, 08:28:24 PM
I'll be a 'blockchain' expert.

Well then, maybe you'll be able to show me your 1000 BTC going into Instawallet, like I requested a while ago.


As you're well aware, when InstaWallet came back online for those of us to submit claims, the wallet addresses were missing, not having a reason to copy & paste said addresses into some folder prior to the supposed "hack". Besides, the account amounts were moved at least twice prior to the supposed "hack" stemming from about mid-December, 2012. This is what I was trying to get at/resolved starting back in April, 2013, after the supposed "hack", but thanks to the principal's infinite wisdom, they felt it best to put me on ignore, and even go as far as to make fun of my name, of which I'm not ill about, albeit it did bring back memories of when I was picked on as a kid, and it was done so in spit (meant spite, but spit works well here) of...


I'm not saying they should go on the ignore list. I'm rather saying that even though some customers are acting uncivilized, you should be the better man, and answer them without sinking to their level.
Understood; please bear in mind that instawallet had users but no customers since it was run as a free service.
As a volunteer, all I owe to the users is a full refund, making sure I pay only valid claims. The rest is about mutual respect.

Unignore

I see how the game is played now: Hack your own sites, claim money was stolen, claim to fill out a police report, ignore all requests from those who entrusted you with their assets, then call them trolls for requesting a simple number to set them at ease.

You sir, are one sick mother fucker!

Couldn't agree more...

All ease aside, the one hint is the lack of a police report number (and possibly them being one sick motherfuckers).

Ignore




Apologies for not expressing your respect earlier, not being versed in how the French treat their customer or, in InstaWallet's case, non-customer base.

Thanks to InstaWallet's Fractional Reserve Bank Through & Mixing Service, the current tools available to me makes it difficult to hunt InstaWallet's hot wallet, though an attempt will be made, concentrating instead first on the Cold Wallet(s) and claim payouts doled out to date to show that some claims weren't claims at all, but simply moving your funds out to a safe haven prior to, and after the supposed "hack", for the police and for the two banking institutes backing Bitcoin-Central to read. And, I will make sure that my posts are read by them, willing to go the extra mile to get the media to look into your affairs, for we all know how they love Bitcoin, and would also love nothing more than to do a follow-up for their readership that can't seem to get enough of the Mt Gox fiasco, of which all I'm about to expose goes hand-in-hand. Newsweek comes immediately to mind.

On March 19, 2013, 08:14:56 PM, two minutes, max, prior to sending 0.105 BTC, I PM'ed the following to the recipient of said coins, of which can easily be requested from theymos to prove that the following PM was not altered in any way:

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I'm sending your coins now. Only if you knew the hoops I had to go through to get them, you bastard!  Grin

I have other coins, but can't use them for undisclosed reasons, so I had to hunt some others down. In couple days, I'll have more side coins available.

Later, bud.

Bruno

According to the following screenshots from blockchain.info, this is how the transaction is seen to the entire world:

https://blockchain.info/address/13wVc8gyoBSeTGmc7Abz3xtJ5QYRjWenTC



https://blockchain.info/tx/cb32e5147c0510a3423a9b9c57a90fa949a3960422563bf8ade5a621a0939cec

https://blockchain.info/address/1JppeHVdYQEBGR4uHVTqLQsb2FY1wUTziH



I have to admit that's some pretty damn good algorithm you guys devised, enabling the world to see a receiver of bitcoins ~7 minutes prior to them being sent from the original sender, all the while mixing the transaction through a whole slew of wallets, of which I'm still having trouble untangling. You fuckers were good, but sadly it's all going to come to an end, for I've only begun to untangle this web you weaved back in the day.

One or two hops from 1JppeHVdYQEBGR4uHVTqLQsb2FY1wUTziH to 13wVc8gyoBSeTGmc7Abz3xtJ5QYRjWenTC may be excusable, but dozens sans a clue as to how such was accomplished within a ~7 minute time frame is fuckin' nuts. Worst yet, it doesn't even show that the former wallet, mine, had a remaining balance of 0.835 BTC, an issue I, among others, brought to InstaWallet's attention, among other concerns, days prior to the supposed "hack", further cementing my claim that they needed to get out from underneath it while the getting out was good, thus time for Davout to take a vacation to do his magic, if he was the main or sole culprit, of which I firmly believe.

Currently, InstaWallet is still holding a helluva lot more coins than what's owed me, and none of them are suppose to be their's, because according to their own words one, they didn't have any customers, hence didn't supply a billable service, and two, only an idiot would store insane amounts on InstaWallet, including themselves, both statements I've already proven to be false, sans the billing of services part.

Now that blockchain.info is back up and my not-so-insane-amount-of-bitcoins have all been accounted for, I can get back to work, continuing where I left off last night.

Since, I didn't see anywhere in your reply to me a request for my bitcoin wallet address, as promised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Here's the fun part: If the principals of InstaWallet, Paymium, Bitcoin-Central, et al. have honestly operated on the up-and-up, then they have nothing to fear. BUT, if they were not or still are, then they have everything to fear from Camp Phinnaeus Gage/Bruno Kucinskas, and anybody using any of your current services now better really consider how much longer they're going to be viable, for, like I said, I'm now in the process of making a shitload of noise via shooting shit into a fan using a cannon.

For what it's worth, my word against their word is helluva stronger, and WILL get much stronger as this ordeal is carried forward to the nth degree.

~Bruno Kucinskas

PS: Don't forget that in your next reply to me, please include asking what bitcoin wallet address I desire to have my settlement sent to, otherwise it's Rick Roll'ed city again with my follow-up reply.

PSS: You may have the option of suing my ass for libel and defamation of character, but bear in mind you sorta missed that boat considering I penned dozens, if not hundreds of posts stating in no uncertain terms the sentiment echoed above. But, if you feel so incline to still do such, quite frankly it'll be welcomed, remembering that when you loose, you'll be paying my expenses, will be exposing transactions we both know you don't want exposed, plus get counter-sued, of which I would easily win. Not to mention filling out a false police report, but then again since I'm not French, thus that may not even be a crime in France, albeit leaning toward that it is.

I'll go one step further and state that you and I both know that there's more actors involved here than just the principals and their employees, most all of which don't desire this to continue as you seem to firmly believe you have this under control and can easily win. Far from it! I'm sure you're in discussion with the yet undisclosed distant actors wondering what you should do with me, of which I have a solution: Request a bitcoin wallet address of me.

To be clear, again, this is not a threat or some sort of extortion, for how does one extort their own money? I was adamant prior to the supposed "hack" as well as after the supposed "hack", and said adamancy wasn't based on ~$83 USD at the time, but more like ~$100K+ USD, worth $1,405,944 USD at one time at bitcoins' peek rate of exchange, currently valued at $498,861.08, and I'll even let you keep the 8 cents because...wait for it...I'm a nice guy.
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April 03, 2014, 04:57:39 AM
I don't believe I ever got my meagre 0.3Bitcoins nor any response.
Is there still a way for me to move forward with this ?

Not quite the level of Bruno. You seem to have been on this topic from the beginning.

Add an exception for this particular certificate so you can access the interface and PM what you see, I'll have a look.
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April 03, 2014, 04:34:10 AM
I have not received my payout and when accessing my address I get the following:

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www.instawallet.org uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate expired on 07/17/2013 01:59 AM. The current time is 07/22/2013 11:21 AM.

(Error code: sec_error_expired_certificate)

And cannot move beyond that.

I don't believe I ever got my meagre 0.3Bitcoins nor any response.
Is there still a way for me to move forward with this ?

Not quite the level of Bruno. You seem to have been on this topic from the beginning.

Not having read everything Bruno, but regarding

The URL you reported matches no such walllet.
In order to look into it deeper I requested some more information about the wallet : public address, blockchain-related information etc.

You weren't even able to point me to one, or a set of, transactions funding said wallet that would total to the amount you claim.
Such information might have been a first step and allow us to check for its existence.
I invested a reasonable amount of time in trying to help you, but as far as our data goes this wallet does not exist.

For the record, our server hard-drives were given to law-enforcement when our complaint was filed, if I remember correctly you were given a copy of the receipt.
We're not "hiding" anything, neither are we "covering our tracks".

The next payout is scheduled for the beginning of june, I'll post more information here whenever it is available and if applicable.


Was the copy of the receipt you received  this ?
Did you address the question about any transactions funding your IW addresses ?

You quoted 2 IW URLs, surely the gang in this forum can at least point to the validity of the URL structure no?
 

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April 03, 2014, 04:20:12 AM
I'll be a 'blockchain' expert.

Well then, maybe you'll be able to show me your 1000 BTC going into Instawallet, like I requested a while ago.
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April 03, 2014, 03:54:42 AM
blockchain.info is back up, but I'm a tad tire to continue where I left off, with the except of leaving this here: https://blockchain.info/tx/578f144c14a9eab939949ba9fbf655bbe52dcc83ee9340d307cd0c8ae43ee37f

This truly is an amazing tx, ain't Davout? Bear in mind, when I get done exploring EVERY transaction of InstaWallet after, and just prior to the suppose "hack", I'll be a 'blockchain' expert.

~Bruno Kucinskas
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April 03, 2014, 03:16:06 AM
Revisiting this wallet https://blockchain.info/address/1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy we learn from http://thebitcoinnews.co.uk/2013/04/13/bitcoin-central-and-instawallet-hacked/

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Bitcoin-Central reports that all 41,854.5915 BTC of customer funds (some $5,315,951.67 USD at today’s rates) is stored in bitcoin address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy and is fully under control by them.  They also report that “Due to the recent and important price fluctuations we will cancel some outstanding orders before reopening. For example if the average price stays above 100 EUR/BTC we will cancel all asks below 110 EUR/BTC. No trades will be reversed.”

But, of that 41,854.5915 BTC, 14,319.9 BTC of it stemmed from InstaWallet's Cold Storage, whereupon it was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1JwXxGessiou1WaUaWXuttzkqnXFEbc4ZB on April 8, 2013.

On May 10, 2013, the above wallet was moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1FvMVtzxACJejfZvqtiSsTrUCpR2HYveB6 consisting of 14,329.9 BTC.

On July 19, 2013, the first batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 11,509.82549641 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1HAo32apFqzKcSBkXVHR5vLnnFuuFoxzFU

On July 26, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 7,323.12048901 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19vZF13np1n33xBBxw6v2vbnC37P1UXpGN, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1AGbFkrQPuRHLSU3FNLpdkBvcXBuyZjJWn on the same day.

On August 1, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 6,459.55705531 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/13j3Hqq2H5F8dP1UbXWKFP9h6JohjdNim5, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1BNZxywLJNkBAivqRZfvVGSnLf6JdcefXr on the same day.

On August 9, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 5,283.01032861 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1PSuJQjccfDGjopXYUQnof7b3KeeN8wZLy, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1DSQSZujNWvjHTTzuwjDgaHjMNKojSg3Nbon the same day.

On August 20, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 4,970.80156601 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/17Mhe6FKxGQto3a3BgY7ugtLcaMNQwTLUD, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1DFX3PwMuiuQJTzAT4kJMpokfXoEquJBss on the same day.

On August 31, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 4,096.70590951 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19fr8eSramPNTdx53CfgBTveEdrkQWPHZc, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1GjZuMW2kpY8jchyNsgeeHusRouPvCdtC4 on the same day.

On September, 21, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 3,421.80247781 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/16bNW7aFNsPCuZ4G4aDzQxbAoJKASFebDJ, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1JFnEKDNPCvGTzX4CPec9WzA5mieUsxiVc on the same day.

On October 7, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 2,686.95105901 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/19qB4iJAs4BYwYfXzWrWmTiSAnwsHCufDV, then moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1Kk8rWQGX87pc15J3J6ehzFfkC5y7dG1Nr on the same day.



On November 11, 2013, the next batch of claims were processed, leaving a balance of 2,477.44025106 BTC that was transferred to https://blockchain.info/address/1EBbWFi8ociPACJTWHxsG1xsSYCT6oxGof, then moved to one main wallet and a currently unspent wallet as seen in the following tx: https://blockchain.info/tx/83611cbdc7b461d8e355342075d32bff9978e42f3eaacaa6b97555d498920e9d

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1BgfFs9L16RjG45n5AipYCsLE3sPht7USn - (Unspent) 248.77082436 BTC
16EoVcokYrSDHu4i26vR2h69Y8VtPLEyyf - (Spent) 2,228.6694267 BTC

Thus, 2,228.6694267 BTC was transferred from https://blockchain.info/address/1EBbWFi8ociPACJTWHxsG1xsSYCT6oxGof to https://blockchain.info/address/16EoVcokYrSDHu4i26vR2h69Y8VtPLEyyf on the same day.

Still on November 11, 2013, according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/d3b20dcdca7c3ed8709bf03c09138a690ed1ae6a7d6a8c21f1d3b35162545ae3, another 250 BTC was transferred and currently unspent to https://blockchain.info/address/18QQAfHJ5jx6drHapCKY4791LtvwMZEFfy, with the bulk totally 1,978.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1Ln1VirN3aGUh5xvbS6oRVKkX41G9GJ5ZV (again, on the same day).

Still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/81798aab88fa2e35ace1b7ef105e185b7dedebeb4f251e853eaf5ca8f2bd35bb, with the bulk totally 1,728.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/17McuH2qWo4BU9Sf2QdM23zbLqQbB7H5cC

Yes, again, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/171891497886b4903ef00ac035c043b3091d68f5e24ff8917903cc5ba0874b37, with the bulk totally 1,478.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/15U1EdLjh5wHPgxaChVyjqH5bQVs96MbYY

LOL, HaHaHa, Fuck Me In The Ass, guess what? (unless you're an idiot, you should know what's coming next) Yes, again, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/0e56ed15efe125590112727872ec4b6371885acc72faf9561e34db7021907736, with the bulk totally 1,228.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/1AnzZ889ZndDLfwEiKzKPSou1JzjxJxWy

As if you didn't see this coming, still on November 11, 2013, another 250 BTC was peeled off and currently unspent according to tx https://blockchain.info/tx/20f4cbe736be54f835b55d1cb0c6fce2141a94061df3674ca0a57ec6196ad50d, with the bulk totally 978.6694267 BTC moved to https://blockchain.info/address/17ffqaEXgzAYww5U4PwXBLVDHBu4b5jJM8


DAMN!

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Error 521 Ray ID: 11537ea7838a09c4
Web server is down

I was just gettin' warmed up.

I'm not done with this post yet, but suffice to say that somebody at InstaWallet has skimmed off my 1,132 BTC, and then some. But, it's worst than that! I will show some fat-ass wallets moved just prior to the suppose "hack" and also some disguised as claims still unspent. With a few other surprises thrown in for good measures.

I'm 99.99% confident that those controlling InstaWallet, Paymium, and Bitcon-Central don't want certain parties snooping around their playground: http://mineforeman.com/2012/12/07/bitcoin-central-begins-operating-as-a-bank-sort-of/

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In an announcement on BitcoinTalk earlier today Bitcoin-Central revealed that they have partnered with Aqoba and Credit Mutuel to begin operations as Payments Service Provider (or a PSP).  While not quite exactly the same as a bank a PSP falls under all the regulatory restrictions and requirements as a bank except they are not able to issue credit.

It's a shame that Davout and Boussac both have me on ignore, especially if I'm not quoted, for it may be days before they see this post and realize what shit I'm about to unleash.

To be clear, I showed grave concern about InstaWallet prior to the suppose "hack", but my concerns were laid to rest by Davout in a thread that laid out that InstaWallet needed to revise their business model, namely in the security department. Then, Davout took a vacation, of which he better have some damn convincing proof as to where he was, hoping that the locale doesn't coincide with where the suppose "hacker" may have been located, for the timing sure does look suspicious.

Ironically, the suppose "hacker" broke into InstaWallet, Paymium, and Bitcoin-Central, all of which were supposedly über-secure. I firmly believe that InstaWallet was purposely "hacked" so that the principals can get out from underneath it, having their personal bitcoins (stemming from where, not sure, but may stumble upon the answer) washed along the way, taking my bitcoins, and perhaps others, as an added prize, somehow clearly their tracks along the way. Remember, servicers were switched after the initial claim process was in place, but people, including myself, were having issues. I'm not verse much in the back end of websites, but I'm pretty sure that info could've been gleaned, then cleansed, prior to the server change. At least that's how I would do it if I knew how and wanted to make a score.

Far-fetched? From what I've only shown above, to date, I, among others, now, think not. Those 250 BTC transfers were not, I repeat, were not part of any claims, but either my 1,132 BTC or part of some money laundering scheme, or a combination of both. I have several more examples to show prior to, and after the suppose "hack", all of which I can't wait till blockchain.info is back up.

Speaking of blockchain.info being currently down: You guys ain't going to believe which online wallet service I've been using since InstaWallet was so kind to watch over my 1,132 BTC since last April (a year ago). Don't worry, it's not an "insane" amount like I and a myriad others kept on IW.

It still gets my goat that InstaWallet claims that they couldn't find my three claims, and even after showing them mega proof of the smaller one several times, they denied it, but finally came around. It's like in their mind if they honored the smallest one, they would have to honor the two larger claims, for they were submitted at exactly the same time.

It's also a shame that they've opted to withhold the names of the independent auditors. Yes, more than one, for Boussac said such in the OP of this  thread. But, no problem, for when I get done, some French banking institute, or two, will whip out their microscope(s) and see what the hell is really going on over at Bitcoin-Central. I'm not just some fuckturd here in Sandwich, IL, tossing shit into a fan because I like it.

Remember, Davout and Boussac, don't bother replying to my posts unless you're asking me what wallet I'll be using for you kind folks to send me the settlement, otherwise the following will be part of my reply: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0.

More to come, a promise or a threat, however you desire to perceive it.

~Bruno Kucinskas
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April 02, 2014, 09:57:05 AM
Well, ain't this special! Looks like a lot of interesting transactions transpired prior to the creation of https://blockchain.info/address/1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy, namely InstaWallet's Cold Storage wallet https://blockchain.info/address/1FrtkNXastDoMAaorowys27AKQERxgmZjY, moreover during the time frame that Davout had the following in his signature prior to InstaWallet going dark and not returning to this forum until April 18, 2013, 17 days after the supposed "hack" occurred, last seen on March 21, 2013, in sprite of InstaWallet's customers (of which Boussac claimed InstaWallet didn't have any customers) demanding where Davout was.

You didn't even get a message to "Take your meds"?  That's odd.  I would have thought that ~davout would have coded that standard response into an auto-responder by now.
Seek some help.
Put the (paranoid attention-craving tvbcof) guy where he belongs : on your ignore list.

From the looks of it, I'm pretty sure I'm on Boussac and Davout's ignore list, of which is fine with me, because as soon as I'm quoted and they start seeing tx from the 'blockchain' on this thread, they'll be singing a different tune. The only tune I want to hear is what address of mine can they send my settlement to, otherwise this is the tune I WILL link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ (think meme, not its title).

Here's my promise or threat, however its perceived: I will be dedicating the next few days to this thread, linking and discussing a myriad transactions that transpired prior to, and after the supposed "hack". When I get done, this thread is going to look like a mini blockchain, for I've already uncovered a slew of bitcoins moved outta InstaWallet's cold storage to fat-ass wallets, and they're still unspent. Likewise, I found fat-ass wallets as part of settlements that they too are unspent. Looks to me that InstaWallet had/has control of said wallets and possible was using InstaWallet as their own personal laundry money service. YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I SAID IT AND I WILL NOW GO ABOUT PROVING IT. I'm 100% certain that they don't want others looking into their affairs, for it'll cost them more than just those coins when the authorities start digging. I promise you that.

I'm sure that if I'm a nutcase, then the bank backing Bitcoin-Central will pay this nut-job's action no mind. But, if what I'm about to unleash is true, then I'm pretty sure Bitcoin-Central's customers (if Boussac deems them to be such, for according to him InstaWallet didnt' have any) will soon be making a mass exodus, for I'm about to make some fucking noise, whereupon the principals WILL be in some serious damage control mode. These fuckers weren't playing fair from the get-go, and they sure the hell aren't playing fair now.

Again, take it as a threat or promise, either way I'm about to toss shit into the fan and there's only one way to stop me from doing such, otherwise you get Rick Roll'ed.

~Bruno Kucinskas
406 W. Center St.
Sandwich, IL  60548

815-508-1668

PS: For the record, everybody reading this knows more about me and where I live then of any one of the principals of InstaWallet, Paymium, or Bitcoin-Central, and they're in control of millions of dollars in BTC of fellow bitcoiners.
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April 02, 2014, 01:06:06 AM
Please, quote stuff that's relevant, don't highlight it like that.

Like this for example :

WHO ARE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS THAT DID THE COMPUTER FORENSIC ANALYSIS?

It is a well-known French IT-security firm.
It has been filed with LE as part of our complaint.
There are no plans to publish it, however like I said, it remains available for further investigations if necessary.

This is my last answer to you, I'm not interested in arguing this any further, my points have been made.

That narrowed it down: It's a well-know French IT-security firm.

Glad to see you filed it with LE. Sadly, I haven't a clue as to who or what LE is.

So, we're not getting the name of the security firm eh? I'm pretty sure they're some big outfit that has a website for everybody on the planet to see and inquire about, but you opt not to give us their name. I'm going to take a stab in the dark and state THERE IS NO SECURITY FIRM THAT CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OTHERWISE YOU WOULD HAVE GIVEN US A NAME. This is not privileged information we're seeking. Besides, it's not like the outfit is going to offer up information to some Joe Blow. But, at least they'll be able to confirm that an audit did take place.

One more thing. You said: It is a well-known French IT-security firm.

Kinda negates:

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Computer forensic analysis is in progress with independent auditors.

Plural > Singular
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April 02, 2014, 12:54:02 AM
Meanwhile, while you're huntin' those fathom INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, I'm goin' be doin' some BLOCKCHAIN FORENSIC ANALYSIS on my own.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1809889

3. Claims for wallets that hold a balance greater than 50 BTC will be processed on a case by case and best efforts basis.
The number of such wallets represents less than 0.5% of the number of funded wallets in our records.
In other words, 99.5% of instawallets will be fully refunded.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1818944

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We aim to have all the claims processed by July 1st.

Guess what? 11 months later is the next scheduled payout.

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The next payout is scheduled for the beginning of june...
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