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NewbieActivity: 15Merit: 0 Weird thing I "found" about Romney Tax-BC thing September 06, 2012, 08:03:38 AM

Last edit: September 06, 2012, 08:17:20 AM by nonBCuser #1



So by now I assume you've heard of the alleged "hack" of Romney's tax returns and the demands for 1 mill USD worth of bitcoins. Recall that the anons said you could donate bitcoins to one address if you want the records kept secret and another address if you want them released. Here are the blockchain.info links for each:



If you want them kept secret:

http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8



If you want them released:

http://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL6RaNgB



For both addresses there is a string of transactions of amounts that are binary numbers that correspond to ascii characters, so each address received a message through the transactions in ascii. I haven't seen anyone comment on this yet so I translated the binary strings to ascii characters and this is what I found:





If you look at the transactions to the "release" option, the message says:

"prove it"



If you look at the transactions to the "keep secret" option, the message says:

"gnp.fR6k5/moc.rugmi.i//:ptth"



which is "



If you go to that web address you get this image:



https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png



I put up a mirror here:

http://s16.postimage.org/jxr8st6md/5k6_Rf.png



2nd mirror:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2n9ml1i.png



And that's it. Unfortunately I am from the stone age so I don't have a smartphone that can "read" this, so if anyone interested can I would appreciate to know what it says.



Update: Okay after some astute googling, I used an online QR decoder to read the image. It gives the following:

"0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01"



which with binary-to-ascii converter is Hi all, first post.So by now I assume you've heard of the alleged "hack" of Romney's tax returns and the demands for 1 mill USD worth of bitcoins. Recall that the anons said you could donate bitcoins to one address if you want the records kept secret and another address if you want them released. Here are the blockchain.info links for each:If you want them kept secret:If you want them released:For both addresses there is a string of transactions of amounts that are binary numbers that correspond to ascii characters, so each address received a message through the transactions in ascii. I haven't seen anyone comment on this yet so I translated the binary strings to ascii characters and this is what I found:If you look at the transactions to the "release" option, the message says:"prove it"If you look at the transactions to the "keep secret" option, the message says:"gnp.fR6k5/moc.rugmi.i//:ptth"which is " https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png " backwards.If you go to that web address you get this image:I put up a mirror here:2nd mirror:Update: Okay after some astute googling, I used an online QR decoder to read the image. It gives the following:"0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100101101101011001110111010101110010001011100110001101101111011011010010111101101001"which with binary-to-ascii converter is https://i.imgur.com/i which is an image that no longer exists I guess.

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MemberActivity: 75Merit: 10 Re: Weird thing I "found" about Romney Tax-BC thing September 06, 2012, 08:13:46 AM #2



0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01



That turns into



https://i.imgur.com/i





And it cuts off at a half URL, the only other assumption is, that te binary is something other than text, or there's another hint.



only other thought is the message might not be complete yet? QR Code gives binary back0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100101101101011001110111010101110010001011100110001101101111011011010010111101101001That turns intoAnd it cuts off at a half URL, the only other assumption is, that te binary is something other than text, or there's another hint.only other thought is the message might not be complete yet?

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NewbieActivity: 15Merit: 0 Re: Weird thing I "found" about Romney Tax-BC thing September 06, 2012, 09:17:07 AM

Last edit: September 06, 2012, 11:06:52 AM by nonBCuser #5



I figured that maybe the anons replied somehow. How would the reply? sending messages back using bitcoins of course! I.e. back to the addresses that sent them the bitcoins. There are a few of these address though, and most of them are completely emptied out, but if you look at this address:

1A68Zamnv9yCHEYKbrvyPW6TQ8oANhhQ1y

http://blockchain.info/address/1A68Zamnv9yCHEYKbrvyPW6TQ8oANhhQ1y



It got back the message:

.00032

.00024

.00008



in binary:

00100000

00011000

00001000



Which AFAIK are just spaces.



Update: Also found something similar at 1LwLbxQUqVv4gS1anbDU3wY6jakih8s8Jc,

http://blockchain.info/address/1LwLbxQUqVv4gS1anbDU3wY6jakih8s8Jc



Message:

.0003



again just a space when translated to binary



Found another one (.0003) to

http://blockchain.info/address/1LwLbxQUqVv4gS1anbDU3wY6jakih8s8Jc



Found another one (.00032, .00024, .00008)

http://blockchain.info/address/1A68Zamnv9yCHEYKbrvyPW6TQ8oANhhQ1y



Update 2: I started looking at possible responses to the "for release" option, and it seems to be a process that is on going:

http://blockchain.info/address/1NNpaaasYkogJEuUidrpKigFEPFdn5z6jy



(Here you see the .00032 already sent a few minutes ago.)



Update 3: Due to lack of interest, I'll stop updating this and go on with life, but for completeness I found several of those .00032, .00024, .00008 responses to different addresses that had sent the anons money. Also, 615-762-9138 seems to be a phone number someone wants the anons to call. (Look at the BC transaction that is .07629138 then just use the area code of the PricewaterhouseCooper's branch that was hacked, which is 615). Follow up:I figured that maybe the anons replied somehow. How would the reply? sending messages back using bitcoins of course! I.e. back to the addresses that sent them the bitcoins. There are a few of these address though, and most of them are completely emptied out, but if you look at this address:1A68Zamnv9yCHEYKbrvyPW6TQ8oANhhQ1yIt got back the message:.00032.00024.00008in binary:001000000001100000001000Which AFAIK are just spaces.Update: Also found something similar at 1LwLbxQUqVv4gS1anbDU3wY6jakih8s8Jc,Message:.0003again just a space when translated to binaryFound another one (.0003) toFound another one (.00032, .00024, .00008)Update 2: I started looking at possible responses to the "for release" option, and it seems to be a process that is on going:(Here you see the .00032 already sent a few minutes ago.)Update 3: Due to lack of interest, I'll stop updating this and go on with life, but for completeness I found several of those .00032, .00024, .00008 responses to different addresses that had sent the anons money. Also, 615-762-9138 seems to be a phone number someone wants the anons to call. (Look at the BC transaction that is .07629138 then just use the area code of the PricewaterhouseCooper's branch that was hacked, which is 615).

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Person who claims to hold the tax return via letter to media: blah blah we've got Romnys tax return blah blah

someone: prove it

Person who claims to hold the tax return:



......either making it look like they tried, ran out of bitcoins, or got bored halfway through posting link.

Sorry if this is stating the obvious it just hasn't been said, could it be a communication between someone and the person who claims to hold the tax return i.e:Person who claims to hold the tax return via letter to media: blah blah we've got Romnys tax return blah blahsomeone: prove itPerson who claims to hold the tax return: www.imager/i ..........either making it look like they tried, ran out of bitcoins, or got bored halfway through posting link.