If he is in fact on the run... Does this dude really think the CIA and FBI won't find him? He's likely not safe anywhere but Russia, China, North Korea or Israel.... maybe Pakistan.
"In contrast, Russian cryptobros that I know tend to act very, very lowkey. The fewer people know about your activities, the better. Posting about dealing with crypto in social media is absolutely unthinkable. Why? Because that makes you too easy and lucrative prey"
That thread describes how a basement was found, in the house of an official in the Russian prison system, which appears to have been specifically designed for the capture and torture of crypto owners to give up their coins. It had its own crematorium for disposing of the remains.
If these guys think that they can take some coins and live a nice life in a place without strong rule of law, they have a nasty surprise waiting for them
> 5. That may explain why Russian army and the military equipment are so archaic btw. In order to create something new, e.g. drones you normally need non-violent entrepreneurs who would actually create stuff. In Russia they're being wiped out by the violent ones. Hence, no drones
Iran has drones. Does that mean Iran is an example of "an artificial, abnormal environment which selected out the violent entrepreneurs, allowing the non-violent ones to flourish"?
The more well attested point is that crypto owners in Russia don't advertise the fact, for fear of something like this.
For all we know it was used to torture political enemies with maybe the odd crypto bro on the side.
This doesn't fit the profile of political enemies very well. 1) political enemies commit political acts, which can be extorted but not normally after you are dead. Crypto still works after you are dead 2) each political enemy would stand in a slightly different relation or context to you, which suggests a bespoke approach not a system. Crypto owners can all be processed in the same way
And the people being hurt are more than educated about the risks they take.
[1]https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?...
Did you maybe forgot to mention that those people were Israeli citizens?
How is that relevant?
SBF isn’t an Israeli citizen, is he?