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Topic: MyBitcoin Investigative Bureau -- PARTIAL MYBITCOIN ADDRESS LIST RELEASED - page 2. (Read 5875 times)

vip
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1.  We took addresses from posts that were posted prior to our announcement.  These people had no reason to fake their MyBitcoin

Help me understand how a post would make a MyBitcoin address distinct from any other one.  This would make sense if everyone who posted such an address advertised they were using MyBitcoin, but I don't suspect that's the case.
hero member
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How does anyone know an address was a MyBitcoin address?

How does anyone know an alleged address is really not a MyBitcoin address?  What if someone just scrapes addresses from the block chain and claims they are MyBitcoin?  Seems like quite a stretch to me.

I was about the ask the same question.  Smiley


1.  We took addresses from posts that were posted prior to our announcement.  These people had no reason to fake their MyBitcoin address.
2.  The large amount of money transferred through and still residing in these addresses confirms, to some degree, the identity of the wallet.
3.  The wallet contains many publicly-posted addresses, posted by different people.
legendary
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Charlie 'Van Bitcoin' Shrem
How does anyone know an address was a MyBitcoin address?

How does anyone know an alleged address is really not a MyBitcoin address?  What if someone just scrapes addresses from the block chain and claims they are MyBitcoin?  Seems like quite a stretch to me.

I was about the ask the same question.  Smiley
vip
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
How does anyone know an address was a MyBitcoin address?

How does anyone know an alleged address is really not a MyBitcoin address?  What if someone just scrapes addresses from the block chain and claims they are MyBitcoin?  Seems like quite a stretch to me.
hero member
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A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...

maybe you should look again...

It's entirely possible that MyBitcoin has sent over 38 million BTC, if that's what you're talking about.

The "Remaining balance" has 9 decimal places of precision. Bitcoin only allows 8.


Minor floating-point precision error... the figures are definitely very close to the correct numbers.  We will be publishing more detailed and precise statistics soon.
legendary
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A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...

maybe you should look again...

It's entirely possible that MyBitcoin has sent over 38 million BTC, if that's what you're talking about.

The "Remaining balance" has 9 decimal places of precision. Bitcoin only allows 8.
hero member
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Another search has revealed over 10,000 more addresses.  Feel free to post your MyBitcoin addresses in this thread so we can keep investigating.
legendary
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wasn't it already concluded that tom williams is bruce wagner?

Almost certainly no.  I thought the evidence that it was some guy last named Owen in Canada was pretty strong.

It was very interesting that 1) 'madhatter' on this forum threatened Wagner without much by way of anonymity, and 2) Wagner made the threat public on this forum.  Also, I seem to recall that Wagner admitted to getting all his coins back.  My conjecture was that Owen and Wagner knew each other slightly (likely through Wagner acting as a feeder), and Owen had a suspicion that Wagner had even more skeletons in his closet than he actually did so Wager called his bluff successfully.

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wasn't it already concluded that tom williams is bruce wagner?
legendary
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Firstbits: 1pirata
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...

maybe you should look again...

It's entirely possible that MyBitcoin has sent over 38 million BTC, if that's what you're talking about.

piuk: Thanks for the IPs!  They might help in tracking Tom down.

Dunno, you sure is bitcoins what we're talking here...  .365914166 !?!

edit: would be possible to show us some code of the tools you we're using, please
hero member
Activity: 784
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bitcoin hundred-aire
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...

maybe you should look again...

It's entirely possible that MyBitcoin has sent over 38 million BTC, if that's what you're talking about.

piuk: Thanks for the IPs!  They might help in tracking Tom down.
legendary
Activity: 924
Merit: 1004
Firstbits: 1pirata
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...

maybe you should look again...
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 1000
bitcoin hundred-aire
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks

The numbers look right to me...
We gathered these addresses by assuming that if two addresses both appear as inputs in the same transaction, then they are from the same wallet.
legendary
Activity: 924
Merit: 1004
Firstbits: 1pirata
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166



how did you managed to gather all those addresses ...  ? and btw could you correct posted totals and balance, the numbers don't seem right. Thanks
hero member
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I don't know if this is any help http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6YGA0REA. Unfortunately I can't make it live as it takes about 10 minus to generate the page.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 1000
bitcoin hundred-aire
Are they going to more mybitcoin addresses or to external addresses? (file blocked on work comps)

I'm not entirely sure.  Coins are trickling out of the MyBitcoin wallet.  About 300 were moved from yesterday to today.

Further update: The address list is, surprisingly, STILL NOT COMPLETE.  We are about to release a few hundred thousand more addresses that belong to MyBitcoin.
donator
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Merit: 500
Are they going to more mybitcoin addresses or to external addresses? (file blocked on work comps)
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 1000
bitcoin hundred-aire
A final address list has been released.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=58DV7075

Preliminary statistics
Addresses found: 94438
Total received including change: BTC 38,243,033.770666
Total sent including change: BTC 38,228,161.404752
Remaining balance: BTC 14,872.365914166

kjj
legendary
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Merit: 1026
FYI, I would be willing to pay a modest premium for coins that can be traced directly back to notable events.  The less mixed the better.
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