04-23-2023, 05:54 AM
11 years ago on 4/20 the biggest Bitcoin “robbery“ happened on Silk Road. 50k BT
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/lOyJwqpGH9ATzuEaHVbHjLrq4HktAb5r-YVgs0yRLVU.jpg" alt="11 years ago on 4/20 the biggest Bitcoin “robbery“ happened on Silk Road. 50k BTC ($1.5B) were stolen in disguise of a “4/20 Sale“." title="11 years ago on 4/20 the biggest Bitcoin “robbery“ happened on Silk Road. 50k BTC ($1.5B) were stolen in disguise of a “4/20 Sale“." /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Yesterday we all celebrated the almighty 4/20 day but that day was not always so nice. 11 years ago on 20th April 2012 the biggest Bitcoin robbery, arguably ever, happened on Silk Road where through a “4/20 Sale and Giveaway“ products were heavily discounted, attracting a lot of buyers and many also with Bitcoin.</p> <p>For those unaware, Silk Road was a darknet site to buy drugs, guns are more illegal things and you could pay with Bitcoin there. As weird as it may sound, Silk Road was a reason Bitcoin was pushed into the mainstream and used way more.</p> <p>On that 4/20 Sale a person called Tony76, who already have a very good image there and was well-known, put out massive discounts for his products and even offered shipping outside the US, for the first time.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/q5r6na84vgva1.jpg?width=1398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=545ff0bfb32656f4ca9fc53839d40da4494c7c58">Excerpt from dailydot article</a></p> <p>Then things went awry…</p> <p>Tony76 started warning his customers about another seller that tried to set up fake accounts to get the sales and defraud customers. Tony76 would have lost a lot of money through that.</p> <p>To counter being scammed, his customers should make their buys already before 4/20 and many did so because the discounts were just outrageous. But after 4/20 no one actually received their products…</p> <p>One of the biggest Silk Road sellers had just disappeared in to thin air, he was gone and took $250k worth of BTC with him. With a price of $5 back then that would be about 50k BTC today and at about the current prices that is a massive $1.5B if he held through, by scamming people on 4/20 he may just have become a billionaire.</p> <p>​</p> <p><em>Bonus: Later a bounty was put on Tony76 and there are claims that some may have actually killed him but the authorities until today could not confirm that.</em></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/kypn0ohjvgva1.jpg?width=1403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b42313f78efcef4ec8d4e5dfdc0e6eb33fcf8faa">Story of a possible bounty on Tony76 by dailydot</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/partymsl"> /u/partymsl </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/lOyJwqpGH9ATzuEaHVbHjLrq4HktAb5r-YVgs0yRLVU.jpg" alt="11 years ago on 4/20 the biggest Bitcoin “robbery“ happened on Silk Road. 50k BTC ($1.5B) were stolen in disguise of a “4/20 Sale“." title="11 years ago on 4/20 the biggest Bitcoin “robbery“ happened on Silk Road. 50k BTC ($1.5B) were stolen in disguise of a “4/20 Sale“." /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Yesterday we all celebrated the almighty 4/20 day but that day was not always so nice. 11 years ago on 20th April 2012 the biggest Bitcoin robbery, arguably ever, happened on Silk Road where through a “4/20 Sale and Giveaway“ products were heavily discounted, attracting a lot of buyers and many also with Bitcoin.</p> <p>For those unaware, Silk Road was a darknet site to buy drugs, guns are more illegal things and you could pay with Bitcoin there. As weird as it may sound, Silk Road was a reason Bitcoin was pushed into the mainstream and used way more.</p> <p>On that 4/20 Sale a person called Tony76, who already have a very good image there and was well-known, put out massive discounts for his products and even offered shipping outside the US, for the first time.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/q5r6na84vgva1.jpg?width=1398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=545ff0bfb32656f4ca9fc53839d40da4494c7c58">Excerpt from dailydot article</a></p> <p>Then things went awry…</p> <p>Tony76 started warning his customers about another seller that tried to set up fake accounts to get the sales and defraud customers. Tony76 would have lost a lot of money through that.</p> <p>To counter being scammed, his customers should make their buys already before 4/20 and many did so because the discounts were just outrageous. But after 4/20 no one actually received their products…</p> <p>One of the biggest Silk Road sellers had just disappeared in to thin air, he was gone and took $250k worth of BTC with him. With a price of $5 back then that would be about 50k BTC today and at about the current prices that is a massive $1.5B if he held through, by scamming people on 4/20 he may just have become a billionaire.</p> <p>​</p> <p><em>Bonus: Later a bounty was put on Tony76 and there are claims that some may have actually killed him but the authorities until today could not confirm that.</em></p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/kypn0ohjvgva1.jpg?width=1403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b42313f78efcef4ec8d4e5dfdc0e6eb33fcf8faa">Story of a possible bounty on Tony76 by dailydot</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/partymsl"> /u/partymsl </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12vc6po/11_years_ago_on_420_the_biggest_bitcoin_robbery/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>