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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
And replaced with the message, “Yes, we sold a domain name to mybitcoin, but we have nothing to do with its operation. I also referred them to Morningstar Holdings as a professional courtesy as their corporate filing services have worked well for us in the past. All of the threats of bodily harm are being sent to the local authorities. I will not respond to any more threats or intimidation.”“Many of us think Tom Williams is TheMadhatter who used to sell prepaid credit cards bought in Canada,” another said. Mr. Owen may well be TheMadhatter, he added.On IRC, Mr. Williams denied that he was TheMadhatter or Dalin Owen. He also denied Betabeat an interview. “I’m not interested in the press. No offense implied,” he said. HackCanada has not responded to an email inquiry.The Bitcoin community has done some impressive sleuthing on the MyBitcoin incident. But whether collaborative auditing can keep Bitcoin crime in check is hard to say. Now that MyBitcoin is offering restitution, Bitcoiners are less vocal about their accusations. There also hasn’t been much progress on another open investigation: the Polish Bitcoin exchange that shut down around the same time as MyBitcoin, claiming to have accidentally deleted users’ 17,000 Bitcoins and declaring itself up for sale for that amount before resuming trading shortly thereafter.
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