Subject: The email that you apparently never got.
From: imblackmailingu@Safe-mail.net
Date: 10/2/17, 3:55 AM
I have no interest in Crypto politics, but I do need money and I think that we both would think that this would be well worth it for both of us to just give me a... let's just say 'Finders Fee' of 2 BTC.
You have 2.5 hours from now (I gave you 12 hours to begin with, but maybe you actually never saw my message, you still only have 2 and a half hours left before I begin.
Copy of the message sent from your Contact Us page ------
Wow, what a fucking puzzle to get to this page...
Anyways, I'm contacting you to let you know that you're about to get a very big hit below the belt (well, all the facts are true so I guess it's all fair play... Well, except for the blackmail")
So you're going to send 2 BTC (A very very generous offer, considering the damage I will do if you don't.) to this address within 12 hours:
1CN3fCpyR3LZSGtJ7Nb9HTVeYHqXCqByig
If you fail to send the 2 BTC within 12 hours from now, I will post the following post, (along with a few other I wrote) on /r/Bitcoin, /r/CryptoCurrency and some other subreddits and forums. I assure you (not like you need assurance anyways, you're smart enough) that the posts will get a LOT of public attention. I will spend the next 12 hours, following the posting (that is, if you don't send the 2 BTC within 12 hours), FUDing the fuck out of Segwit2x.
Within those next 12 hours (24 hours from now), you will still have the chance to stop it with a 4 BTC payment to the address above (still a very generous offer). I will remove the posts and as much damage that I did as I can if the 4 BTC payment is received.
Here's a little sample of the Segwit2x FUD I will be spreading from my many 100k+ karma accounts.
One of the posts I've created -------
Title:
Clever FUD by r/btc group. From Bitcoin.com - "a lot of bitcoin proponents don’t know about another fork called “Bitcoin Gold” (BTG) that’s scheduled to take place on October 25th."
Text:
They are spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about Bitcoin Forks so people will support Segwit2x.. Please read thoroughly and check sources.
If you Google "segwit2x", the first result is from coindesk.com (A news outlet in bed with the r/btc group)
Here's the "unbiased" News post labeled "Explainer: What Is SegWit2x and What Does It Mean for Bitcoin?" -
https://www.coindesk.com/explainer-what ... r-bitcoin/
Two very FUDy Quotes from the article:
"Several different outcomes could emerge, including:
1. The mining pools that pledged support for SegWit2x follow through by the end of July, and the SegWit portion of the proposal is activated on the network.
2. The proposal doesn't get that support, and the change triggers a domino effect that, worst case, leads to a network split into two competing bitcoin assets."
And another quote, probably the FUDiest I've ever seen:
"one of two things could happen to user's bitcoin directly:
1. With enough support, bitcoin upgraded to SegWit2x will work normally, and users will not likely experience any service disruptions.
2. Without support, a bitcoin split puts users at risk of losing their bitcoin."
And at the very bottom of the article, they even (for legal reasons I'm sure) put "Disclosure: CoinDesk is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which acted as organizer for the SegWit2x proposal and has an ownership stake in Coinbase and BitPay."
Now here's some even MORE FUD (FUD for EVERYONE!!)
Bitcoin.com is 'warning' about 'another fork' that "a lot of bitcoin proponents don’t know about".
This is literally a website they spun up of "plans for another fork" called 'Bitcoin Gold', and its' sole purpose is to spread FUD and get people to support Segwit2x to "stop another fork THAT WILL KILL BITCOIN".....
With this Bitcoin Gold FUD, they even went as far as this - (Direct Quote from Bitcoin.com) "Some believe the announcement and the project’s website is a “troll attempt” to create confusion and dilute the power of the Bitcoin Cash fork and Segwit2x. The Bitcoin Gold protocol has available code on Github for review and has multiple social media accounts for Twitter, Facebook, and a Slack channel."....... I personally have minimal technical skills and I could create all that in a couple hours... (What a fucking joke, right?)
Bitcoin.com's (Very FUDY) Source:
https://news.bitcoin.com/another-bitcoi ... ext-month/
TL;DR - r/btc / Bitcoin.com group is sucking lots of crypto news outlet groups' dicks (well really just giving them money) to spread FUD about "Upcoming Bitcoin Forks popping up everywhere" so people will think that "Segwit2x is not that bad and better than destroying Bitcoin."...
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You have 12 hours, my friend.
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Well, now you have just over 2.
P.S. I've created even more ammo since I sent the first message. Just pay me for my work and I'll go away forever.