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> There isn't any conclusive proof that the #1 address (111,111 BTC) belongs to DPR, but it is clearly linked to SR in one way or another.

It's been linked to Ross/altoid's Bitcointalk posts, and has a sum consistent with the first year of SR commissions. That's all as conclusive evidence as anyone needs for it.

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So what happens when you remove 1% of the currency from the market in a single day?

"I apologize, Goldfinger. It's an inspired deal!"

It hasn't been removed yet. The DPR story has just started - the password-crackers could turn in success any day, or Ross could decide that he'd like to cut a decade off his near life sentence. All we can say is that it's currently not on the market, which is exactly what we could say before the SR bust.

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