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> The Guy paid about a quarter of the original price tag. Cool story but this line doesn't make sense to me? So did he just pay them $25k instead of $100k as a
by superasn 6y ago
> The Guy paid about a quarter of the original price tag.
Cool story but this line doesn't make sense to me? So did he just pay them $25k instead of $100k as agreed.
Am i missing or misunderstanding something?
- mosselman 6y agoThe line read something like 'he thought he'd have to charge 100k' so he made an estimation of the required costs of infrastructure and hours worked I think. He probably communicated the 100k more as a 'I cost this per hour and the machines would likely cost so-and-so would you agree to pay this or can we call it off?'.
- superasn 6y agoOh okay. That does make sense. I got the idea that the 100k was a flat fee for decrypting, like 1/3rd of the bitcoin if he could do it. For someone who is about to lose all the moeny that too doesn't sound like a bad deal.
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