As pointed out by u/Penroze on redit
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Here's what I'm guessing is happening. The person who hacked bitfinex is now trying to launder the money. Here's how.
Declare a "giveaway" where you give 1000 bitcoin to some "random" person who posts there address on several different bitcoin forums.
Post an address yourself to one of the forums.
Wait a week, and give the money to the address you posted.
Claim the money wasn't illegally gotten, but from this giveaway.
Declare a "giveaway" where you give 1000 bitcoin to some "random" person who posts there address on several different bitcoin forums.
Post an address yourself to one of the forums.
Wait a week, and give the money to the address you posted.
Claim the money wasn't illegally gotten, but from this giveaway.
nice info mate
Suggestion on same forum by u/pedrito77
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you could easily proof that the btc were giving randomly. for instance he could post a txt file with all the addresses posted and every redditor could verify his address is in the txt file (ordered). then he could anounce the winner will be chosen the day after the posted list with a random number (some real lottery pick or whatever). i.e. the last 3 numbers of the.lottery were 563...then the winner will be the 563th address in the list.
I'll stop referencing it now - it's here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4vykkr/1000_btc_giveaway_from_your_friend_rekcahxfb/