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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 159 points 2 years ago

This guy was willing to do it for free. Imagine if there was a bounty.

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 40 points 2 years ago
[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even if he did, any funds would be frozen. A Monero Address would be a better way of receiving money.

Edit: Mind you, I expect him to very soon be arrested, so he wouldn't really have any time to enjoy it.

Edit 2: Look up Jim Bell. He wrote a very popular essay in the 90s.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Edit 2: Look up Jim Bell. He wrote a very popular essay in the 90s.

This is one of the things that scares me about most about completely anonymous currencies and networks: untraceable kill orders and, to a lesser extent, unlimited bribery (that already exists in US). Because you know, it opens the most possibilities to people with money. Like billionaires.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

I suspect billionaires and other people of high authority, especially, would be the first ones on the list. But your average everyday person is very unlikely to be on the list because they don't have enough people who hate them.

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We need a black market gofundme so we can crowd source hits to keep up.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure we would outweigh them - you know the statistics, almost half the wealth (potential kill orders) is held by top 1.1%.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

TBF, we don't know that. Might've been a paid hitman.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

The professional killer was the one who died.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago

According to the media, he made a lot of very amateur mistakes if that's the case. Like leaving a water bottle and granola bar wrappers and being filmed on camera at a Starbucks.

[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Has the Starbucks guy actually been confirmed as the same person? It looked like clearly a different jacket and backpack, I assumed that was either an accomplice or just an unfortunate lookalike, but I suppose he could have changed or it could just be odd lighting tricks.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago

No, not that I'm aware of.

[-] Josey_Wales@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Anything sent like that would be frozen. Monero would be the better option.

[-] boogiebored@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can we crowdfund this, and provide a crypto bounty as reward for targets, including politicians, in the same way there was a reward for information on the shooter?

This would be to let those who step out of line know how much disdain there is for any of them in particular at any given moment, and the rewards can be split as needed.

The proletariat needs alternative systems of leverage.

This is for my Purge sequel screenplay, of course. One can dream.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bell

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago
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