This is exactly what happened though. A BitCoin address was posted, and the leaker was taking "donations" with the promise of delivering more pictures, showing proof that he had more by showing partial screenshots of them.
I find it just as surprising that HN doesn't allow you to collapse a comment chain. I use a GreaseMonkey script to do it on my desktop, but when browsing from a mobile device I have to scroll down until I can find the next root comment.