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r/Bitcoin: discussion of a reported 64 BTC mixing move

reddit-64-btc-mixing-discussion

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1vg1rlc/coldcard_thief_starts_mixing_64_btc/

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  1. source content difference between and Current source content +4 -6

    Two comments by Rabid_Mexican were removed: the author changed to [deleted] and the bodies changed to [removed], one of which had been edited after posting.

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    -No, this is no way cleans the money, it just makes checking that it is clean so extremely difficult that it's not worth it
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    -No sorry it's not - the source of the money remains illegitimate on paper whereas laundering would show it coming from a business and show the taxes being paid on it.
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    -Mixing can allow you to launder the money by then running it through a business - this is the laundering part.
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    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    The comment author changed from jkc7 to [deleted] and the comment body was replaced with [deleted].

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    -Could be possible that it’s bots or paid-off people running a campaign to refute it.
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    -Kinda like how they sold the ColdCards in the first place. 
    +[deleted]
     
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    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
    created_utc: 1785919760
    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    author: BigDik6355
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    The thread gained a comment asking whether blockchain tracing by agencies can follow mixed funds, or whether a one-to-two-year mix followed by slow cash-out is straightforward.

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     Laundering 
     
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    +I’m wondering. I had the feeling that nowadays agencies were able to track quite deeply into the blockchain and would be able to track millions of transactions if needed to find someone. Is it that just as easy to mix for one or two years and then slowly cash out?
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    author: kingofsats
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    A new one-word comment labeled the reported 64 BTC move as laundering.

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     With any luck, he’s got the grail already 🥂
     
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    +Laundering 
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    author: kingofsats
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    -It's the future of money. The ultimate safe haven asset, hyperbitcoinization is just around the corner
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     Words nobody has ever said. 
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    -Yeah, it was pretty naive to think “the hacker will never be able to use/cash out” 
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    -He will cash out allright.
     
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     Wrong
     
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    -Transferring wealth from the gullible into the hands of the predatory? Absolutely it works!
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
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    Several participant comments were deleted and replaced with [deleted] markers, and a new comment about the thief's grail was added.

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    -2010-2024, the new kids are called Gen beta now as well
    +[deleted]
     
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    -I had a Gen alpha kid I was babysitting last week explain to me in detail what munting and felching is
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     Why would they choose to take payments in dollar/euro/whatever bill if they might accidentally get radioactive bills?
     
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    -If the crew is your kids please do not 😭
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     Cold wallet stories
     
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    +With any luck, he’s got the grail already 🥂
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    post: 1vg1rlc
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    The Reddit thread gained two new participant comments, one about non-custodial transactions and one brief topical reply.

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     More US dollars are used for criminal activity than bitcoin. 
     
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    +It's not a crime to have money or transactions outside of the banking system. What a dumb take. 
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    +Cold wallet stories
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    author: kingofsats
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
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    The thread gained comments on the reported $3.8 million figure, the privacy of banks versus Bitcoin, and the relative use of dollars in crime.

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     They certainly didn't sweat. Very few animals have ever evolved sweat glands.
     
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    +Dinosaurs didn't pee, neither do birds or reptiles. When mammals and reptiles diverged, mammals did the peeing and reptiles did not. Check it out. :)
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    +Because banks are private. If the tax man or the bank man is who you want to keep away from your money, then it’s crime. Or conspiracy.
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    +All your doing is lying fuck off 
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    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
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     Yeah, every single one. You got em!
     
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    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
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    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
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    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
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    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
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    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
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    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    Nine new comments (including one suggesting the attacker held keys for a long time and moved funds before the fork) and the earlier Taco Bell insult comment by Money-Addition8501 disappeared.

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     Ah so all of the vbucks got melted down then cut and distributed. Do it 20 times and now it’s basically a new clean vbuck for everyone. 
     
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    -Clown 🤣
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    -You wouldn’t even get a job at Taco Bell’s. 
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     It is almost like capitalism, AI, crypto, and the gig economy have actually made it really easy for some shady shit to go on in the world. Its funny because it is maybe how an AI itself would operate if it wanted to secure more computing resources or distribute itself.
     
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    +Some people are freaky 🤷‍♂️
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    +Hardware vendors never ask for identifiable information that would allow them to know which public address was associated with a respective Coldcard device. This was likely an attack which was being carried out for a pretty long time. Maybe they were scanning public addresses and running an attack on the addresses over an extended or even overly extended period of time. ... They probably had the key's to the addresses in their 'pocket's for a while and decided when to actually move the funds before the fork that is occuring slowly now..
    +
    +comment: p24fkq5
    +parent: t1_p1wefwn
    +author: kawfeeman68
    +created_utc: 1786044656
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +I don't understand why they didn't have many, numerous software wallets ( OR considering the size of this 'heist' , hardware wallets ) ready to receive the funds after moving them from their vics.
    +
    +comment: p253wbc
    +parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    +author: benso87
    +created_utc: 1786051039
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +It would be weird if they didn't.
    +
    +comment: p263e1w
    +parent: t1_p1u9r1l
    +author: THE_RETARD_AGITATOR
    +created_utc: 1786061714
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +this is a dumb thing a lot of people say. there's bots sure, but there's barely value in them commenting amongst us. the value is milking you for your data
    +
    +comment: p263l7f
    +parent: t1_p1tn3md
    +author: THE_RETARD_AGITATOR
    +created_utc: 1786061778
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +uhhh, yeah. we can untangle it though
    +
    +comment: p264b7m
    +parent: t1_p263e1w
    +author: macetheface
    +created_utc: 1786062015
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +thats what i mean. they're pushing hot/ controversial buttons trying to get people to engage.
    +
    +comment: p27jc9h
    +parent: t1_p1uvfaj
    +author: not-a-governor
    +created_utc: 1786080467
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Google is hard to use 
    +
    +comment: p27jjph
    +parent: t1_p1xfe86
    +author: not-a-governor
    +created_utc: 1786080560
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Yeah, every single one. You got em!
    +
     more-stub: parent t1_p20rqux count <live-count>
     
     more-stub: parent t1_p1uultr count <live-count>
    
    Extracted text as captured
    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
    created_utc: 1785919760
    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
    body:
    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
    comment: p1thp9q
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: Responsible-Jelly903
    created_utc: 1785920085
    edited: false
    body:
    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
    comment: p1thwl1
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: PaintingLeft565
    created_utc: 1785920183
    edited: false
    body:
    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
    comment: p1ti8ne
    parent: t1_p1thwl1
    author: Confident-Bluebird21
    created_utc: 1785920347
    edited: false
    body:
    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
    comment: p1ti8u0
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: BigDik6355
    created_utc: 1785920349
    edited: false
    body:
    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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  11. source content difference between and source content +113 -2

    Twelve new comments (mixer mechanics explained with a vbucks analogy, speculation about how North Korea could spend the coins) and one earlier comment by BackgroundStory7986 was removed by moderators.

    seen · Captured here 86,871 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 115 lines
     
     comment: p1u1uqt
     parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    -author: BackgroundStory7986
    +author: [deleted]
     created_utc: 1785928981
     edited: false
     body:
    -Mixing the coins might make tracking more difficult, but it doesn't automatically erase the on-chain history. It'll be interesting to see how blockchain investigators follow the funds from here.
    +[removed]
     
     comment: p1u26wy
     parent: t1_p1tu270
     body:
     Transferring wealth from the gullible into the hands of the predatory? Absolutely it works!
     
    +comment: p214fha
    +parent: t1_p20mnr8
    +author: Pirulax
    +created_utc: 1786011125
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +You've dropped your vbucks into a big pile, and so did 1000 other players.
    +Now, mixers usually operate on a fixed output, let's say 100 vbucks/account.
    +So, if you deposit 1000 vbucks, you need to provide 10 accounts.
    +The system only keeps track of the accounts it has to send money to, not from whom it got money from. And since everyone pays into the same big pile, there's no clear relation between the input and output anywhere.
    +Only the mixer could track it, but that would defeat the point.
    +
    +
    +comment: p214izm
    +parent: t1_p1tlz6o
    +author: Pirulax
    +created_utc: 1786011168
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +You've dropped your vbucks into a big pile, and so did 1000 other players.
    +Now, mixers usually operate on a fixed output, let's say 100 vbucks/account.
    +So, if you deposit 1000 vbucks, you need to provide 10 accounts.
    +The system only keeps track of the accounts it has to send money to, not from whom it got money from. And since everyone pays into the same big pile, there's no clear relation between the input and output anywhere.
    +Only the mixer could track it, but that would defeat the point.
    +
    +
    +comment: p214q5f
    +parent: t1_p1w0qg4
    +author: Pirulax
    +created_utc: 1786011256
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +What the fuck
    +
    +comment: p218l9q
    +parent: t1_p20mnr8
    +author: ecrane2018
    +created_utc: 1786012943
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +The mixer makes it so no one can distinguish clean from dirty there is no way to distinguish the btc anymore 
    +
    +comment: p21ekj8
    +parent: t1_p1uftft
    +author: Royal_Stay_6502
    +created_utc: 1786015345
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Beta?
    +
    +comment: p21gsa1
    +parent: t1_p1ut0o4
    +author: Plenty-Lion5112
    +created_utc: 1786016168
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Yeah, definitely not in finance 😬
    +
    +comment: p21hnfq
    +parent: t1_p1usffk
    +author: arielsskudra11
    +created_utc: 1786016488
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Fair
    +
    +comment: p21huxm
    +parent: t1_p214fha
    +author: crakked21
    +created_utc: 1786016565
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Ah so all of the vbucks got melted down then cut and distributed. Do it 20 times and now it’s basically a new clean vbuck for everyone. 
    +
    +comment: p21i9rt
    +parent: t1_p21gsa1
    +author: Money-Addition8501
    +created_utc: 1786016715
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Clown 🤣
    +
    +You wouldn’t even get a job at Taco Bell’s. 
    +
    +comment: p229uix
    +parent: t1_p1zbfy3
    +author: NadlesKVs
    +created_utc: 1786025050
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Yeah but the BTC still has to go somewhere for them to gain any value from it. They aren't selling it in the NK economy. They have to have somewhere/ someway to spend it. Obviously a Government can figure it out though. 
    +
    +comment: p22b11a
    +parent: t1_p1tjx8j
    +author: opoeto
    +created_utc: 1786025367
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +My belief is that if you are wealthy enough, none of these apply 
    +
    +comment: p230khe
    +parent: t1_p229uix
    +author: TheBureauChief
    +created_utc: 1786031964
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Yeah, I was thinking - who knows how many ventures illicit NK crypto has funded. You would still need live persons to act as agents, but NK could theoretically own equities and all sorts of things with few and far between knowing. Though, having a real life agent would still be a dead give-away...though if NK developed a semi-anonymous 'rent-a-person' service it could be further obfuscated.
    +
    +  
    +It is almost like capitalism, AI, crypto, and the gig economy have actually made it really easy for some shady shit to go on in the world. Its funny because it is maybe how an AI itself would operate if it wanted to secure more computing resources or distribute itself.
    +
     more-stub: parent t1_p20rqux count <live-count>
     
     more-stub: parent t1_p1uultr count <live-count>
    
    Extracted text as captured
    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
    created_utc: 1785919760
    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
    body:
    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
    comment: p1thp9q
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: Responsible-Jelly903
    created_utc: 1785920085
    edited: false
    body:
    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
    comment: p1thwl1
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: PaintingLeft565
    created_utc: 1785920183
    edited: false
    body:
    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
    comment: p1ti8ne
    parent: t1_p1thwl1
    author: Confident-Bluebird21
    created_utc: 1785920347
    edited: false
    body:
    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
    comment: p1ti8u0
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: BigDik6355
    created_utc: 1785920349
    edited: false
    body:
    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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  12. source content difference between and source content +70 -0

    Eight new comments, including debate over whether mixing counts as money laundering under the FATF definition and a scenario where a Coldcard insider exploits the bug and silences whale victims.

    seen · Captured here 83,544 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 70 lines
     body:
     People did find it and flagged it and the ceo/cto ignored it. This got blasted for being ai writing earlier today but all the things in the timeline did actually happen so it’s not just slop https://x.com/inverse\_hanlon/status/2084689208627925384
     
    +comment: p20c4bv
    +parent: t1_p1zoe78
    +author: Rabid_Mexican
    +created_utc: 1785997283
    +edited: 1785999210
    +body:
    +No sorry it's not - the source of the money remains illegitimate on paper whereas laundering would show it coming from a business and show the taxes being paid on it.
    +
    +Mixing can allow you to launder the money by then running it through a business - this is the laundering part.
    +
    +comment: p20ii6l
    +parent: t1_p1y2pbl
    +author: Ill-Party8305
    +created_utc: 1786000314
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +How do you track it then
    +
    +comment: p20j38q
    +parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    +author: GME_looooong
    +created_utc: 1786000598
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Say I work for cold card and used this exploit. I would hit whales first. Wait for them to complain to me at customer service then I can put a hit on them (paid for with bitcoin how cute) and keep my activities on the down low. You guys don’t think like ceo’s. This mass attack was probably the swan song 
    +
    +comment: p20mnr8
    +parent: t1_p1tur02
    +author: crakked21
    +created_utc: 1786002359
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +But if I had good vbucks, and I got back stolen cold card vbucks, wouldn’t that be net negative for me since i got vbucks that have everyone looking at them?
    +
    +comment: p20rqux
    +parent: t1_p20c4bv
    +author: 00MacDonald
    +created_utc: 1786004933
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +I assume you are not familiar with the FATF definition of money laundering.
    +
    +Activity as defined by the previous commenter is 100% within the scope of FATFs definition 
    +
    +comment: p20yelz
    +parent: t1_p1uv3fs
    +author: Efriminiz
    +created_utc: 1786008265
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Wrong
    +
    +comment: p20ygnx
    +parent: t1_p1zoe78
    +author: Efriminiz
    +created_utc: 1786008291
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Wrong
    +
    +comment: p210qjd
    +parent: t1_p1zxjd6
    +author: Just_Bluebird_5268
    +created_utc: 1786009398
    +edited: false
    +body:
    +Transferring wealth from the gullible into the hands of the predatory? Absolutely it works!
    +
    +more-stub: parent t1_p20rqux count <live-count>
    +
     more-stub: parent t1_p1uultr count <live-count>
     
     more-stub: parent t1_p1yhb18 count <live-count>
    
    Extracted text as captured
    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
    created_utc: 1785919760
    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
    body:
    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
    comment: p1thp9q
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: Responsible-Jelly903
    created_utc: 1785920085
    edited: false
    body:
    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
    comment: p1thwl1
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: PaintingLeft565
    created_utc: 1785920183
    edited: false
    body:
    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
    comment: p1ti8ne
    parent: t1_p1thwl1
    author: Confident-Bluebird21
    created_utc: 1785920347
    edited: false
    body:
    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
    comment: p1ti8u0
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: BigDik6355
    created_utc: 1785920349
    edited: false
    body:
    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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    Extracted text as captured
    post: 1vg1rlc
    author: kingofsats
    created_utc: 1785919760
    title: Coldcard Thief Starts Mixing 64 BTC
    body:
    [https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m](https://xcancel.com/LightningNewsX/status/2084923135174844805#m)
    
    comment: p1thp9q
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: Responsible-Jelly903
    created_utc: 1785920085
    edited: false
    body:
    The blender going brrrrrrrr
    
    comment: p1thwl1
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: PaintingLeft565
    created_utc: 1785920183
    edited: false
    body:
    Can we expect this thief to be caught soon?
    
    comment: p1ti8ne
    parent: t1_p1thwl1
    author: Confident-Bluebird21
    created_utc: 1785920347
    edited: false
    body:
    The thief is CEO of ColdCard
    
    comment: p1ti8u0
    parent: t3_1vg1rlc
    author: BigDik6355
    created_utc: 1785920349
    edited: false
    body:
    Good luck cashing that out.
    
    comment: p1tid8y

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