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Blackmail Fail (2013) (gwern.net)
18 points by simonebrunozzi 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
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I didn't know who this is but it seems to be some guy who writes about bitcoin and dark web markets and was sort of trying to stay anonymous but put a doxxing bounty on himself (of like $39). He was discovered thusly:

> At this link ([]), in the comments, you messed up by having your real name next to the Gwern avatar.

I kind of like the weird inline inflation calculator thing but ultimately I think it's more distracting than useful. That's definitely true of the "years ago" thing. Neat idea, but not a good one.


> He replied with another malformed PGP-encrypted message



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