סילק ראָוד העקער איז ביטקאָין אָג וואס אַמאָל געפרוווט צו געוועט מיט 'ביטקאָין יאָשקע' ראַדזשער ווער

The man who the Department of Justice said פּריידיקד שולדיק to swiping more than 50,000 bitcoins is linked to a personality from the early days of crypto through the wallet addresses highlighted by authorities.    

Silk Road hacker James Zhong may have been “Loaded,” the online persona who described himself as a “Bitcoin multimillionaire, broker, and asset manager” and made 135 posts on BitcoinTalk between November 2012 and March 2017. 

Comments from around the time דיסקרייבד Loaded as a “legend” and said he דיזערווד the “legendary” title on the forum. Others were more סאַספּישאַס פון אים.

קאַנעקטינג די צוויי

On Loaded’s פּראָפיל on the BitcoinTalk forum, he signed a message proving that he owned the bitcoin wallet “1Bqc…” which has seen 80,000 bitcoin move through it in its history. It’s the same wallet that was highlighted in the DoJ’s דריקן מעלדונג.

Separately, Loaded once tried to make a bet with Bitcoin Cash proponent Roger Ver. In March 2017, he געחתמעט a message from a different wallet that contained 40,000 bitcoin. Following the path of this 40,000 bitcoin back in time, when you get to September 2012, it passes through another wallet highlighted in the DoJ release.

ווער seemed to want to make the bet at the time, but the wager never happened, he said.

“No. As I recall, he never replied to my DMs at the time,” Ver told The Block.

(Updates with comment from Ver.)

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