Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Early in January 2015 the longstanding btc exchange Bitstamp had their hot wallet
attacked with a loss of over 18k btc. The attack appears to have been a phishing
scheme and not an actual computer hack and as such Bitstamps insurance
company has refused to recuperate the losses.
A mysterious company, known originally as 21e6 but later dubbed 21 inc raised
over $100 million in the first half of 2015 and announced plans to integrate mining
chips into a number a items.
GBTC started trading after the required 1 year waiting period. It is a bitcoin
investment trust where customers can buys shares equal to 0.1 btc, it is similar to
the XBT (Bitcoin Tracker One) in Sweden which had already been online.
Hired Murders?
Ulbricht was accused of ordering the killing of former SR employee Curtis Green in
2013 for $80,000 and then paying a user known as redandwhite $150,000 in btc
to kill a SR user identified as FriendlyChemist, who was allegedly blackmailing
Ulbricht for half a million USD.
In court, Prosecutor Turner added four more attempted murders, saying that
FriendlyChemist had implicated another user and redandwhite had told Ulbricht
that user and his housemate would need to go. Ulbricht allegedly agreed to have
all four killed for $500,000 in bitcoins.
It is a strange note that while everything else Ulbricht did online used bitcoin the
first $80,000 transfer was a wire transfer from bank account to bank account.
Corruption Uncovered
In the time between Ulbrichts trial and his sentencing an alarming story came to
light. Evidence was presented that two federal agents had stolen hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and were abusing their powers and extorting
individuals and businesses.
The evidence shows they stole nearly one million dollars worth of bitcoin and then
tried to cash out. They registered with Venmo who flagged the account of Carl
Mark Force IV, an ex-special agent with the DEA. In response Carl sent them
emails saying he was a DEA agent, he tried to have them investigated and their
bank accounts seized, and sent them fake a subpoena.
Carl Mark Force IV was allegedly working with the second agent named Shaun
Bridges, formerly with the Secret Service. Shawn was connected to the Mt Gox
case, providing evidence for a search warrant.
Evidence provided by Mark Karpeles indicates that Force emailed Mt. Gox,
presumably to help launder the stolen btc. When Karpeles refused the agents
had Gox's bank account frozen. Force allegedly sent Karpeles an email
afterwards with a smiley face in the subject line and saying 'Told you should have
partnered with me!' [sic]
During this time Carl got a job as a 'compliance officer' at a bitcoin trading
platform, where he used customer information to target then seize funds. In one
incident he seized about $300,000 in btc but only gave the DEA $30,000 in fiat.
Suspicious Activities
After Curtis Green, a SR admin, was arrested the two agents were present at the
start of the interrogation. Green gave details of how the website operated and
explained how to perform a number of actions.
Shawn Bridges left this interrogation before it was concluded and later that day the
website the SR was 'hacked' and ' a sizable' amount of bitcoins were stolen worth
over $800,000 at the time. The bitcoins were sent to Mt Gox in late January 2013.
Bridges formed Quantum International Investments, LLC, and opened a bank
account in Quantums name. The account only ever received transfers from Mt.
Gox. The Quantum account received nine wire transfers, approximately totaling
$820,000 from gox and two days later Bridges created a seizure affidavit for Gox.
Busted
The men resigned before their arrests and were charged with wire fraud and
money laundering.
Bridges was sentenced to 71 months in prison on charges of money laundering
and obstruction of justice after pleading guilty in October 2015. He was ordered to
give up over $470,000 and pay another $500,000 in restitution.
Force was sentenced by Judge Seeborg to 6.5 years in prison on charges of to
money laundering, obstruction of justice, and extortion under color of official right
after pleading guilty in June 2015. Force was ordered to pay back over $200,000
and 700 btc.
The community accepted the idea that when the block limit was hit the limit would
be raised.
No Solutions Implemented
Despite knowledge of the impending problem no action was taken by those with commit
access to the Bitcoin client Core.
SNs initial idea was never investigated further before he disappeared. The idea itself isnt
very resistant to manipulation by miners who want to make the block size very big. But any
miner who made the block sizes too big threatens to hurt the system and hence their own
holdings.
In Spring 2015 Gavin Andresen, to whom Satoshi handed over control of the Bitcoin
codebase when he disappeared, made a posting stating that we were going to hit the block
limit in roughly one year.
With the exception of a very few vocal people, including the Core client code contributor
Luke Dashjr, everyone agreed the block size should be raised but no one could agree on
how.
Solutions Proposed
Of the suggested solutions a few were made into BIPs.
BIP-100 by Jeff Garzik, a scheme where miners vote which modifies the block
limit size. The community didnt like giving miners more power.
BIP-101 by Gavin Andresen, has an immediate raise to 8MB and a doubling every
two years until the max block size is 8GBs. Some felt it was too aggressive.
BIP-102 by Jeff Garzik, increases the limit to 2MB as a stopgap measure.
BIP-103 by Pieter Wuille, increases the max block size to 1.04 Mb in 2017 and
then at 17.7% until the max block size is 2MB. Considered too conservative.
2015 News
The Bitcoin alert system was used when a scheduled update and a process
known as SPV mining led to some clients seeing falsely invalid blocks.
Visa and Mastercard stopped processing Backpage.com who then turned to btc.
Overstock.com announcd plans to issue $25 million worth of bonds using
OpenAssests colored coin protocol on top of Bitcoin through their 'cryptocurrency
initiative' Medici. The SEC approved these plans in December 2015.
Research that increases the fungibility and anonymity of btc txs increased.
Research into homomorphic encryption, confidential transactions, and
zero-knowledge proofs show promising results for computation in the future.
Lightning Network
The proposed LN will be similar to a hub and spoke style payment model; where
one central hub can connect with many other entities.
Bitcoins would become locked on the blockchain while a LN contract is set up, the
entities that created the contract could trade back and forth instantly until they
needed to settle. Many txs can take place before settling needs to happen.
Afterwards only one tx needs to be sent on the blockchain, saving UTXO space for
people who repeatedly interact with each other.
If any party stops responding or fails the terms of the contract it can be execute
after a time-out delay, giving them a chance to respond.
End of Act II
Only a few days later Wright made a blog post stating he would not publish further
evidence and that he would again, disappear from public view. In his own words,
he was not strong enough. Sorry and goodbye.
Many of his other online blog posts and accounts were scrubbed.
It came to light that his goodbye blog post came shortly after his team failed to
perform further cryptographic proof for the BBC and some technical experts.
Craig has indicated that he may be able to move some coins come the last quarter
of 2016. In the meantime most believe Wright is an elaborate hoaxer while some
that have come out to state their belief of Wright being SN have not expanded on
their interaction with Wright nor rescinded their statements of belief.
Early 2016
Segregated Witness begins testing and code review
Censorship on /r/bitcoin increases again
User VarietyJones is held in Thailand while the USA tried to extradite him in
relation to the Silk Road investigation. User Libertas is also fighting extradition
Ethereum became the second cryptocurrency to pass a one billion US dollar
market cap
The bitcoin exchange rate (price) briefly increased from $400 earlier in the year to
around $775, it then lowered to the 600 range
Summer 2016
A user allegedly related to the Core team suggested a new whitepaper be written
and given out in place of the old whitepaper
Shaun Bridges is suspected is stealing an additional 1606 btc that the US
government seized from BTC-e.
Version bits, or BIP9, is merged. This enables multiple soft forks at once. The first
BIPs to be merged via this method are BIP 68, 112, & 113, they will enable
CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY which will allow time locked txs and is a needed step
before any LN can be fully built.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/37ub2k/stress_test_recap
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3id47g/can_anyone_summarize_bip100_bip101_and_bip102/
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1154536.0
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3h35ue/bitcoindev_a_summary_list_of_all_concerns_related/
XT
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3h42cz/bitcoin_is_forked/
https://medium.com/faith-and-future/why-is-bitcoin-forking-d647312d22c1#.gpxvp0qjw
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/3h9xzn/daily_discussion_monday_august_17_2015/cu5m1h8
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2mcdb4/thermos_is_spending_100000_worth_of_his_donated/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3gc742/bitcoinxt_test_binaries_available/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3h7eei/greg_luke_adam_if_xt_takes_over_and_wins_the/
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Creator of dogecoin sees no future in cryptos https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/591272772652830720
Greece 2015
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2015/06/29/western-union-closes-in-greece-for-a-week.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&
utm_campaign=Feed:+bizj_denver+%28Denver+Business+Journal%29
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https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=western%20union,%20bitcoin&geo=GR&date=2015-06-23T00%5C:00%5C:00%20167H&cmpt=q&tz=Etc/
GMT-2
https://i.imgur.com/JIvFhdQ.jpg
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3cuaa3/bitcoin_greeces_new_euro_workaround/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33469259
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/dae34154-1fd2-11e5-ab0f-6bb9974f25d0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dae34154-1fd2-11e
5-ab0f-6bb9974f25d0.html?siteedition=uk&siteedition=uk&_i_referer=https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin
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http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000393297
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/06/30/online-payments-halted-in-greece-citizens-eye-bitcoin-to-protect-savings/%E2%88%9A.html
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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/02/financial-times-imf-weighing-exit-from-greek-bailout.html
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https://www.bitstamp.net/article/fast-and-easy-deposits-for-canadian-customers/
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Begin stress test
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-mystery-behind-the-biggest-bitcoin-transaction-ever-made?utm_source=mbtwitter
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ch2xl/running_a_full_bitcoin_node_for_one_day_during/
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PDF homomorphic encryption http://arxiv.org/pdf/1510.05278.pdf
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https://medium.com/@jinglan/how-to-explain-zero-knowledge-protocols-to-your-average-child-eb49feb4a41d#.lgc2afv29
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https://www.fastcompany.com/3035879/whats-homomorphic-encryption-and-why-did-it-just-win-a-macarthur-genius-grant
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debased currencies are a contributing factor in the fall of rome.
http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/History_of_money_and_banking#cite_note-Britannica_money-3
https://www.britannica.com/topic/money
http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/History_of_money_and_banking#Ancient_Rome
Screen shots of exchanges that no longer exist https://i.imgur.com/jYgcEnE.png https://i.imgur.com/ox03rHs.jpg
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Getblocktemplate
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44k btc final auction https://blockchain.info/address/1GVJSUUUfjm9BRQsM25NFtBHJoNfX5icGw
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https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/01/26/segwit-benefits/
Pieter discusses seg wit http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/hong-kong/segregated-witness-and-its-impact-on-scalability/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/01/26/segwit-benefits/
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-August/010198.html
https://gist.github.com/sipa/bf69659f43e763540550
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0068.mediawiki
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https://github.com/LightningNetwork/lightning-onion
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3xybg3/lightning_will_be_like_the_original_idea_of_ripple/
Creator of LN explains it http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=450 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=462 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=467 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=477
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/governments-around-the-world-are-warming-up-to-bitcoin-and-the-blockchain-cm586766
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/01/us-federal-agent-investigating-silk-road-admits-800000-bitcoin-theft
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/31/us-usa-silkroad-agent-idUSKCN0R027F20150831
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/shaun-bridges-identity-theft-target/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/01/ex-boss-of-mtgox-bitcoin-exchange-arrested-in-japan-over-lost-480m
http://www.zdnet.com/article/mt-gox-ceo-faces-fresh-criminal-allegations-over-bitcoin-theft/
http://www.econotimes.com/Mt-Gox-CEO-re-arrested-in-Japan-78827
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/1857199/french-mtgox-ceo-japan-charged-embezzlement-amid-bitcoin-fraud
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/fbi-says-suspected-silk-road-architect-variety-jones-has-been-arrested
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#tgSzm1g10zm2g25
https://blockchain.info/address/1PnMfRF2enSZnR6JSexxBHuQnxG8Vo5FVK
http://www.magicaltux.net/post/124057497654/silk-road-timeline
http://blog.wizsec.jp/2015/04/the-missing-mtgox-bitcoins.html
Gox case wrapping up? https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/mt-gox-trustee-suspends-release-bitcoin-addresses-list/
More GOx history http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/19/behind-the-biggest-bitcoin-heist-in-history-inside-the-implosion-of-mt-gox.html
Masters in Digital Currency http://digitalcurrency.unic.ac.cy/about-the-program/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3h01p2/how_is_the_bitcoin_community_supposed_to_build/
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https://www.wired.com/2015/12/bitcoins-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-is-probably-this-unknown-australian-genius/
http://gizmodo.com/this-australian-says-he-and-his-dead-friend-invented-bi-1746958692
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbNm-Ay67g
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https://www.wired.com/2015/12/new-clues-suggest-satoshi-suspect-craig-wright-may-be-a-hoaxer/
http://www.ibtimes.com/craig-wright-not-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-according-new-text-analysis-2276141
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hflr3/craig_wrights_signature_is_worthless/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hzmi8/craig_wrights_blog_sorry_and_goodbye/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hwf2q/who_is_uyen_t_nguyen/
Russia moves to ban other cryptos and create their own http://bravenewcoin.com/news/amidst-bitcoin-boom-russia-plans-its-own-cryptocurrency-banning-all-others/
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/36090/has-a-hard-fork-ever-occurred
.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-network-shaken-by-blockchain-fork-1363144448
https://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2013-03-11-chain-fork
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https://news.bitcoin.com/us-prosecutors-ulbricht-appeal/
http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/ethereum-is-doomed/
http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/the-coming-demise-of-altcoins/
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+DAO&oq=the+DAO&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64j69i60l2j69i61.4592j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://daohub.org/
http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/
http://www.wired.com/2016/06/50-million-hack-just-showed-dao-human/
Bruce Fenton steps down as head of Bitcoin Foundation https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4oyz37/today_ends_my_term_as_executive_director_of_the/
Wright planned spring 16 reveal at least weeks in advance http://gizmodo.com/craig-wrights-claims-about-inventing-bitcoin-still-dont-1782303576
The Wright write-up from London Review Books http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affair
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36575524
Satoshi describing the future of btc, implication is of high volume of low fee txs https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1520693.msg15368836#msg15368836
Silk Road case not over yet? http://bitcoinist.net/fbi-overstepped-boundaries-again-in-silk-road-investigation/
Bridges suspected of stealing federal owned coins http://fortune.com/2016/07/01/secret-service-agent-suspected-in-additional-bitcoin-thefts/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/corrupt-agent-who-investigated-silk-road-is-suspected-of-another-700k-heist/
http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/07/03/the-silk-road-saga-continues-shaun-bridges-may-have-stolen-more-bitcoins/
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0042.mediawiki
CSV first active in block https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/block/419328
FIrst block of the second halving https://blockchain.info/address/1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY
http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/former-silk-road-moderator-leaves-prison-after-18-month-sentence/
Stolen shapeshift coins on the move https://news.bitcoin.com/shapeshift-hack-funds-move/