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'''Bitcoin Savings & Trust''' was a ponzi scheme operated by [[Trendon Shavers]] | '''Bitcoin Savings & Trust''' (abbreviated as '''BST''') was a ponzi scheme operated by [[Trendon Shavers]] (then known as '''Pirate'''). It was launched in November 2011 as '''First Pirate Savings & Trust'''. Pirate claims to have been selling bitcoins to some local tight-lipped buyers,<ref>[http://pastebin.com/yH0jr6KY Pirate's original post] as archived by [[Vitalik Buterin]]</ref> and that he started BST to provide more volume to these buyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bitcoinmagazine.net/the-pirate-saga-and-so-it-ends/|title=The Pirate Saga: And So It Ends|author=Buterin, Vitalik|work=[[Bitcoin Magazine]]|date=30 August 2012|accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:31, 29 July 2015
Bitcoin Savings & Trust (abbreviated as BST) was a ponzi scheme operated by Trendon Shavers (then known as Pirate). It was launched in November 2011 as First Pirate Savings & Trust. Pirate claims to have been selling bitcoins to some local tight-lipped buyers,[1] and that he started BST to provide more volume to these buyers.[2]
References
- ↑ Pirate's original post as archived by Vitalik Buterin
- ↑ Buterin, Vitalik (30 August 2012). "The Pirate Saga: And So It Ends". Bitcoin Magazine. http://bitcoinmagazine.net/the-pirate-saga-and-so-it-ends/. Retrieved 1 September 2012.