Wednesday morning, quiet at the office . The junior employees had yet to arrive. Usually they'd have one of their playlists blaring through the Sonos by now. There would be chatter here and there. The occasional outburst of emotion used in response to something another person said. Contemporary small talk.

This...

Lindsay watched a sleeping Steve caress the laptop. Silly guy. He didn't know anything. The  laptop itself didn't contain the  BTC . That's not how it worked. But to a normie like Steve, how could he understand how it did. To him that  computer was like a briefcase full of...

This time the dumbass sent Diego the public key or the wallet address. Diego smiled. He used the term dumbass in endearment. What silly goose would send their private key to a stranger over email?

He made sure it was still the same dumbass. He could tell it was, because the...

Out of all of the people Diego contacted, most didn't reply. The ones who did, sent their actual  public key . However, one idiot sent their  private key . The guy must've generated their first wallet and copied and pasted the wrong damn thing. Even though the wallet UI explicitly...

What is that? Who are you?

You don't know me. But I picked you. I picked a lot of people actually. But you're the first to respond. So if I can trust you, then I'll give you everything I have. Sorry that sounds weird. I have 576 million dollars worth of ...

Diego's palms sweated. He couldn't believe he was still alive. He should've been dead... well last year. But then he escaped narrowly. But when the agents got him last month, then he really should've died.

He still hadn't accepted this. Hadn't come to terms with it.

He was for all intents and...

She would be gone soon. Back to the smell and taste of fresh bread in the morning. To feeling dirt under her feet as she walked. Having a town square to walk to rather than the aimless, destination-less walking she did now to keep from going crazy. Back to sleeping...

Barry Dog Guy, aka the guy with the dog never showed up. Never even replied. Joey thought maybe he was getting laid or something. The guy, he'd only spoken to in real life a few times. But they got along well. Now that he thought about it. Was probably because...

Yo I'm just messing with you.

Joey Blau looked up.

I'm messing with you. This is my neighbor's dog. Taking it for a walk. I did send you a pic of my dog.

Joey still looked confused.

Got ya! the man with the dog yelled.

They both began laughing.

Look, just text me and maybe you...

The  software Keith wrote automated the orderly guy's schedule down in  Westcity . Now all his food was delivered to him. Fake messages from his friends' phone numbers arrived at his inbox to which he would respond. Keith's script intercepted these messages, prevented them from going to the friends' devices....