That's what I'd like to see with support for handling the wallet encryption with whatever passphrase you set.

When it moves to the Southern Ocean. 

The bet statement was made because I wanted to add something amusing to Bets of Bitcoin, but I have no information regarding the running of the site.  This thread was started afterwards to draw attention to the bet, not the other way around.

This is most likely the clock creep issue.  The OTP only lasts for 30 seconds, so if the clock is wrong it will not be calculated for the correct time as observed by Mt. Gox.  The best solution is to use a system connected to a time (NTP) server, otherwise you'll have to update the clock manually.

That's easy, go to the bet page and place your bet.

Not many, but it's early days and hopefully it will get more use in the future.

BTW, I decided to test the Mumble client while piping it through Tor.  It works using both the SOCKS or HTTP proxies, but the latency is nasty with noticable pauses before it is heard.  Like around a second or more.  Conclusion: don't bother.

Is xmlgold.eu owned by dataclub.biz or just hosted by them?

Arij has stated that he believes that this scammer may also be a Silk Road vendor and has mentioned "using kids" to launder BTC/USD.  While it is possible that the Facebook profile is that of the scammer/dealer, it is also possible that it is one of these kids.  Either way, the profile should be viewed as suspicious.

My logs of the court proceedings are now online.  Note there are two logs because danieldaniel had to make a second channel to allow LadyPearl to state his/her side of the story (she was not registered and could not speak in the main court channel).

The main #bitcoin-court log is here.

The alternate ##bitcoin-court log is here.

The timestamps are in my local time, which is +11:00 UTC.  I have made a note of that at the top of each file.  Otherwise there have been no changes to the content (including one comment of mine which was not sent to the second channel).

Already logged in and I intend to be at the meeting too.  I'll also be bringing copies of my GPG key fingerprint so people can confirm that in person and we can get some GPG key signing done.

Yes, but we're all in the same country so we must know each other and be colluding against the rest of the world.  It's a vast conspiracy.  Nevermind the fact that there's 23 million of us spread over a land mass about four fifths the size of the United States, it's still a conspiracy of convicts!

Whereas what actually happened, as I understand it, was that Ken met MrTiggr online in #bitcoin-aus when CryptoXChange was being built and engaged MrTiggr and the Bitcoin Police of the day to do some pentesting and security auditing of the website.  This resulted in their being confident enough to list the site as trusted.

It's also worth pointing out that for all the trouble CXC has had, they're not simply cutting and running with whatever money or BTC were in people's accounts.  My own issues with them, for example, were always in the nature of competence rather than trustworthiness.

As far as I'm aware the new Bitcoin Police site (bitcoinpolice.org) is unrelated to CryptoXChange.  Actually, there's a greater connection between Bitcoin Police and Mt. Gox, just have a look at the whois records for bitcoinpolice.org and bitcoinpolice.net.

Disclaimer:  I am a moderator on the new Bitcoin Police forum.

The data from the old site was available a few days ago, I'll see if I can get a copy.  I didn't archive it because there wasn't much in it of interest.

Anyway, the only thing in common between MrTggr (the primary BP admin) and CryptoXChange that I am aware of is that both are in Australia.  So is SomeoneWeird (the secondary BP admin) and so am I.

CryptoXChange has a postal address in Orange, NSW (approx. 200km west of Sydney), MrTggr is in Canberra, SomeoneWeird is in Melbourne and I'm in Melbourne too.

Crohn's Disease is a terrible thing.  My mother has it, my uncle had it, I've been tested for it (that wasn't fun), another friend of the family has it.  I'm well aware of how horrible it can be.

I'm also well aware that it's no excuse for being a scamming little shite.

No.  I think you might be confusing Bitcoin Police with something else, possibly Mr. Bitcoin.

I think the writing has been on the wall for this for a while.  They were never even able to get SMS security confirmations working for me and that was months ago.

Signed, now we only need 99,913 more people. 

If the calls were actually letters, then yes.  Otherwise who knows or cares.  Silk Road is just like any other criminal enterprise: the stupid and/or cocky ones will get caught and the smart ones won't (they're also the ones that will stay out of trouble, but for their vices).  So really who cares?

It does have a feedback system.  In addition to that it can be linked to an OTC identity if you have a Bitcoin address linked to the handle.  A Local Bitcoins profile page will list the feedback from the trades arranged there and the feedback submitted through the OTC system.

If they're so stupid as to trade both ways without at least mixing it, then frankly they brought this on themselves.  As others have mentioned, it's equally likely that they've cut corners in other ways and not protected themselves from discovery.  They are, essentially, the definition of the "low-hanging fruit" that the relevant law enforcement organisation has been able to pluck.

I've made two new statements on the outcome of the Australian Federal Election which is due next year.  Those statements are that:

1) The ALP will form government following the election.
2) The Liberals/Nationals Coalition will form government following the election.

Although one statement most likely means the other loses, I decided to make both statements to cover certain very minute chances of other outcomes.  My reasons for doing so are in this blog post.