According to the blockchain.info connection list, these chaps are running a bitcoin node...They're a systemic macro hedge fund based in Cambridge... Anyone else aware of much direct hedge fund activity/interest in bitcoin?This could, of course, just be a rogue sysadmin having fun with bitcoind...

I know a lot of finance guys in london - a few of them trade in BTC, the concept of an anonymous currency with limited inflation potential seems to be quite appealing