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What if DPR believed he was being scammed?

• xorcist 12y ago
  He paid hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin to the assassin after the hit. If he believed he was scammed, he certainly loved it and paid soundly for the privilege. It's all in the cleartext logs of Ulbricht's laptop.
  • Alupis 12y ago
    > He paid hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin to the assassin after the hit In total it was $750,000 for 5 "hits".
  • tedks 12y ago
    But he had millions of Bitcoin, and every reason to believe that Bitcoin would rise in value. He lived very modestly for what he had, so it's not like this is anything other than a number in a computer fro him. This was discussed in depth on HN when the story first broke -- unless I'm wrong the story goes something like this: S1: I will disclose the silk road's confidential information unless you pay me $500k, because I owe S2 that money. DPR: Let me talk to S2. S2: Hello, this is S2. DPR: I will give you $150k to kill S1. I have paid much less for a hit, so consider yourself lucky to get this deal. S2: Done and done, have a nice day. Paying to "have someone killed" is a good way to give them some money, but not the money they wanted, while still scaring them off.