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You answered a different question by cutting mine in half... my bitcoin holdings are stab-worthy, I understand why someone would hide their identity. My questi
by losteric 9y ago
You answered a different question by cutting mine in half... my bitcoin holdings are stab-worthy, I understand why someone would hide their identity.
My question reflects my suspicion of astroturfing. What would explain an anomalously high number of new accounts fighting the claims of price manipulation in bitcoin? It's unlikely to be people just hiding themselves - they would already have accounts.
- mschuster91 9y ago> You answered a different question by cutting mine in half... I apologize - I messed up the indentation and thought you were replying to another comment. Sometimes I feel HN could use some Reddit features... > It's unlikely to be people just hiding themselves - they would already have accounts. Yeah but for example my RL identity can be inferred from my username, my post history and probably my Twitter feed. So if I were someone who had a stake in high BTC rates - no matter if as a plain wallet holder or as operator/stakeholder in a BTC/coin-related enterprise - I would certainly make a new account, and probably even a new one for every comment, to hide the association.