Topic: Legendary profiles of bitcointalk. - page 4. (Read 22826 times)
I'm more interested to that scammer pirateat40 lol he gathered 500K BTC, Imagine what you can do with that amount of money right now. He can probably decide to buy a whole island, run a country and become a president lol. What more could he ask for. If BTC would be $20K again, he could really fund a mining venture on mars.
#4 was new to me
If you would like to add some people, I would suggest Nick Szabo, Roger Ver and Jeff Burwick, though they might be using an alias here.
Nick Szabo for his idea of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, and the two anarchists who endured being shamed and been promoting bitcoin and other cryptos for a long time.
If they weren't here, I would be sad if they didn't even make a contribution on this forum.
If you would like to add some people, I would suggest Nick Szabo, Roger Ver and Jeff Burwick, though they might be using an alias here.
Nick Szabo for his idea of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, and the two anarchists who endured being shamed and been promoting bitcoin and other cryptos for a long time.
If they weren't here, I would be sad if they didn't even make a contribution on this forum.
All of the exhibits are amazing! But as a newbie I have got more interested with that exhibit #2 which made me laugh for a day. Such a funny meme of a drunk man who started it all. I cannot believe that satoshi was also part of this forum and how I wish he stills active so I can thank him enough for founding bitcoin. I was also touched by Hal's story and indeed inspire me.
Such a great memorable and significant information you got there, OP.
I can't believe his trust rating! Right, lowest trust ever and it made my day.
Such a great memorable and significant information you got there, OP.
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Add: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/tradefortress-67058
Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
I can't believe his trust rating! Right, lowest trust ever and it made my day.
# 5
The 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizza's.what a interesting fact.thank for sharing this and what happen to "jercos" ?
The 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizza's.what a interesting fact.thank for sharing this and what happen to "jercos" ?
Great Information, it was interesting to read it.
Most of all I liked the pirate story.
Most of all I liked the pirate story.
Omg, that's great 
) I will read about that guy and add him today ) Thank you.
) I will read about that guy and add him today ) Thank you.Search for inputs.io https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Inputs.io
It'll take forever to find but there's a thread on here about a conversation being held on IRC when inputs.io was first launched and someone asks why would anyone want to start an online wallet service? The answer came back "For the inevitable 'hack' obvs."
Add: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/tradefortress-67058
Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
Omg, that's great Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
) I will read about that guy and add him today ) Thank you.
Add: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/tradefortress-67058
Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
Lowest trust rating.
https://archive.is/BBRwe
What a great idea of topic, thank you man for doing this. I hope real legends will make their contribution to this topic and this list will be as full as possible.
These posts and profiles reminds me of what archaeological data is. I'm sure if finally bitcoin and cryptocurrency gets universal acceptance, satoshi would be mortalized.
# 5,
Two pizzas post
Well, probably the most famous story about buying two pizzas for bitcoins, in 2010 a man with a forum nickname laszlo offered 10,000 bitcoins to someone who ordered him two pizzas.Two pizzas post
The next day, user jercos responded and ordered him two pizzas, for which he received the promised 10 thousand BTC at his wallet. In any case, I would not call this a completely stupid purchase, since at that time 10,000 bitcoins cost about 41 dollars, it would be unlikely that Laszlo kept them long enough to become rich, but would most likely dump them on the first pump, as most people usually do, and so
he got into the history for only $ 40.
Added story about two pizzas.
Quite nice for having this thread, I think you also add the LEGENDARY PROFILES of those who are still active and still contributing for the greater good of our bitcoin economy here in our forum...
Looking forward to see some amazing stories from the past such as this one
# 5,
Two pizzas post
Well, probably the most famous story about buying two pizzas for bitcoins, in 2010 a man with a forum nickname laszlo offered 10,000 bitcoins to someone who ordered him two pizzas.Two pizzas post
The next day, user jercos responded and ordered him two pizzas, for which he received the promised 10 thousand BTC at his wallet. In any case, I would not call this a completely stupid purchase, since at that time 10,000 bitcoins cost about 41 dollars, it would be unlikely that Laszlo kept them long enough to become rich, but would most likely dump them on the first pump, as most people usually do, and so
he got into the history for only $ 40.
Added story about two pizzas.
Because there was all interesting things that I knew on this forum, now I found some more and I will expand this topik.
Read my post for further more info. Good old times which would never come back. Surprisingly, I never came across the pirate guy who ran away with 500k btc. 
I think exhibit 4 is one realistic progress based on his achievement and really a profound contributor to bitcoin`s development. Although we knew that Satoshi really the one make it all possible.
This is a great list !
I would like to suggest an addition to this legendary list :
The 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizza's original post | Link : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pizza-for-bitcoins-137
I would like to suggest an addition to this legendary list :
The 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Pizza's original post | Link : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pizza-for-bitcoins-137
I'm not sure if I will call him fool or legend or both.
Fool to spend 10,000 BTC for two pizza
Legend for using BTC as currency at that time when only very few people believed in BTC.
I am having another thought...
Shall I call the guy Legend or the person who accepted 10,000 BTC when people did not believe in bitcoin. He actually took the risk.
Several times I have seen people castigate those who made this decision and how foolish they are but the truth is a whole lot of us would probably do the same thing if we are in their position at the time. Today we use bitcoin say .01 btc to buy say cloths but if bitcoin increased to say $50000 later in the future, wouldn't we be close to those people?
One thing they have done is being part of history and that is why they are being talked about today even after several years the decision has been taken and forgotten. What exactly are we also doing to be part of history today because today's actions are history for tomorrow.
Exhibit # 4,
Hal Finney’s post.
Here is another interesting post which was made by Hal Finney, where he tells his story, this man was among of the first who started to support bitcoin's network, most likely second after Satoshi, as he claims started doing this from the 70th block, often corresponded with the creator of bitcoin, most of the correspondence was about bugs, Satoshi quickly eliminated them, also he received Satoshi's first test transaction of 10 bitcoins, Hal Finney only maintained the network for a few days, but then he got tired of the processor overheating, and the cooler, so he turned it off. Then in 2010, he heard about bitcoin again, and was surprised by its cost. Unfortunately, Hal Finney fell ill with an incurable disease. He decided to freeze his body with Cryopreservation, at a time when he lost the opportunity to communicate with others. Legally, he was declared dead. He began to spend bitcoin at the time when its price reached $ 100, but did not sell everything, he bequeathed to his son those that left.Hal Finney’s post.
Added Hal Finney’s post, and a brief story about him.
Why have you made this topic, anyway? Two profiles and a post?
Exhibit#3,
as it is known Satoshi has one million bitcoins in his wallet, which still was not moving, but there is one forum member who had 500,000 bitcoins, it's "pirateat40", but this money was not his, as far as I know he organized Ponzi scheme, collected bitcoins, and then safely disappeared, he left only his profile,
[img ]http://i.piccy.info/i9/8d4040277ae279d36e815f6e3076b747/1522732934/76494/1233511/Pirateat40.jpg[/img]
Actually he is Trendon Shavers and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2016. He used about $200k of his customer money for his personal expenses, and likely paid out a lot of what was lost to investors via interest payments. as it is known Satoshi has one million bitcoins in his wallet, which still was not moving, but there is one forum member who had 500,000 bitcoins, it's "pirateat40", but this money was not his, as far as I know he organized Ponzi scheme, collected bitcoins, and then safely disappeared, he left only his profile,
[img ]http://i.piccy.info/i9/8d4040277ae279d36e815f6e3076b747/1522732934/76494/1233511/Pirateat40.jpg[/img]
What he did was far from disappearing....
Thanks, I will add that to, if he wasn’t found then it would be a good story about a pirate
Why is it in that stupid format?
I couldn't be bothered to read it.
I couldn't be bothered to read it.
Exhibit#3,
as it is known Satoshi has one million bitcoins in his wallet, which still was not moving, but there is one forum member who had 500,000 bitcoins, it's "pirateat40", but this money was not his, as far as I know he organized Ponzi scheme, collected bitcoins, and then safely disappeared, he left only his profile,
[img ]http://i.piccy.info/i9/8d4040277ae279d36e815f6e3076b747/1522732934/76494/1233511/Pirateat40.jpg[/img]
Actually he is Trendon Shavers and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2016. He used about $200k of his customer money for his personal expenses, and likely paid out a lot of what was lost to investors via interest payments. as it is known Satoshi has one million bitcoins in his wallet, which still was not moving, but there is one forum member who had 500,000 bitcoins, it's "pirateat40", but this money was not his, as far as I know he organized Ponzi scheme, collected bitcoins, and then safely disappeared, he left only his profile,
[img ]http://i.piccy.info/i9/8d4040277ae279d36e815f6e3076b747/1522732934/76494/1233511/Pirateat40.jpg[/img]
What he did was far from disappearing....
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