Corrupt officials beware, you may soon be on AM’s list

Out of sheer anger towards dishonest public officials in our country, most of us have been plotting a way to kill them in the back of our mind. Now, if you’re thinking of putting your devilish thoughts to action, then the Assassination Market may just very well be your best bet.

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Assassination Market is a site ran by someone who goes by the codename Kuwabatake Sanjuro. Because of the nature of the site, and to assure online anonymity, the site can only be viewed on a special browser like TOR (The Onion Router).

The site uses Bitcoins as currency for the crowdsourced bounty. The way it works is that users can suggest a “target” (requires at least one bitcoin pledge) on the site which will be then reviewed and approved by Sanjuro. Other users/assassins can then place their pledge on a particular target and “guess” when the target will die. Whoever got the closest guess takes home 99% of the pot (1% goes to Sanjuro as a commission).

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Kuwabatake Sanjuro is a fictional character from 1961 Japanese film Yojimbo.

That seems a bit unfair for the mercenary, right? After all, he/she did the dirty work, but got away empty-handed.

Well technically speaking, submitting a “guess” along with your bitcoin pledge isn’t as simple as you think. I’ll spare you the nerdy stuff, but the way Sanjuro sees it is if the exact date of death matches your “guess”, then you’re most probably be the killer. Either way it’s a win-win for everybody; the SOB laid to rest, the Hitman gets his bounty and nobody knows anyone!

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As of the time of writing, the site’s man-of-the-hour is none other than the head of US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke. He currently has a total of B124.14(Bitcoins) bounty on his head which is equivalent to USD75,000PHP 4,401,413INR 6,356,235EUR 71,423CNY 545,873 or little over 3.2-million in our local currency.

Fortunately for our local public officials, Bitcoin ain’t that big of a deal in this part of the globe. If it is, then I’m pretty sure that Kevlar vests and bullet-proof cars will be in fashion.

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Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

https://www.yugatech.com

43 Comments

Digest says:

11 years ago

lets see kung anong mangyare at kelan kay US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke
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just-saying says:

11 years ago

does the author promote the Assassination Market site ? sana may disclaimer man lang yung author. if in the future, may madagdag na philippine gov official jan sa site, baka maibintang pa sa yugatech dahil dito sila nagka idea., killing even the most corrupt or the most sinfull is not right..
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someguy says:

11 years ago

These kinds of sites are already available years ago especially the Cthulhu one. They usually require TOR account so you can desposit it in their account anonymously or bitcoins. Not sure how legit though
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just-saying says:

11 years ago

ayoko ko po ng debate sir, it’s up to yugatech kung idedelete nila comments ko.. parang ang tunog kc sa unang basa ko nitong blog, na nag eencourage ng assassination.. ” Now, if you’re thinking of putting your devilish thoughts to action, then the Assassination Market may just very well be your best bet.”
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abuzalzal says:

11 years ago

May bumanat ng “bibliya ang sasagot” hahaha!
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vince says:

11 years ago

batman does not approve
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vince says:

11 years ago

the philippines is one of the best examples against salvaging/assassination since common victims of salvaging/assassination are political targets. dude, remember recent history. This is what happens if something is left unregulated. Same thing for the pork barrel, it becomes abused

If the local law enforcement is strong enough to catch assassins then by extension they would be strong enough to stop criminals which makes the argument for salvaging moot.
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enlightened1 says:

11 years ago

@just_saying,

Nung nalaman ko na ang basehan mo pala ay bibliya, tapos na ang laban. Suko na ako kapatid. Wala tayong mapupuntahang makatwirang lugar sakay ng mga pahina ng librong yan.

Wag mo akong banatan ng mga, “hope you were enlightened” dahil kung naniwala ka sa bibliya, it only shows that you don’t know what enlightenment is.

At ipokrito ka kung hindi ka makakaramdam ng “schadenfreude” sakaling patayin yung taong gumahasa, sumaksak nang 49 times, nagpasak ng bote sa ari at pumatay (hypothetically) sa anak/asawa mo!
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enlightened1 says:

11 years ago

“what
if, wala nman kasalanan
yung tao na naipost dun,
tapos dito nag ka idea sa
yugatech.. this is to protect
yugatech in the future..para
di po ma pinpoint sa
sisihan..”

amoy concern troll.
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Anne says:

11 years ago

A word to the author. Yes, I am aware that such things exist in the Deep Web. And no, I’m not trying to act like a villain against your profound discovery. But, a piece of advice to the entire team of Yugatech, that there are information better kept under the wraps for the sake of protection and please avoid those times of ‘I get the social credit for discovering and sharing this!’ . Because it’s not about on who cares on getting rid of those corrupt politicians but it’s about on what do you think will happen when this information falls to the wrong hands. Dear Yugatech, please, become a civilised publication.
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lol says:

11 years ago

apparently trolling is now defined as someone who doesn’t share your opinion. he has his beliefs you have yours. can’t you just respect each other? you shouldn’t be persecuted because of what you believe in, kristiyano ka man o atheist
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Jesson says:

11 years ago

Wow, this kin’da great… Damn like
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Jesson says:

11 years ago

It doesn’t exist anymore, the founder is busted by the FBI and also take down TOR who allegedly behind child pornography.
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Buster says:

11 years ago

I didn’t expect that an article like this will show up here in Yugatech. Bad promotion….bad.
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e30ernest says:

11 years ago

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

LOL

I do agree that some form of disclaimer should be here, just in case someone stupid in the Senate or Congress decides to blame some obscure politician’s death on this site.
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Mark Lacson says:

11 years ago

I still believe in Karma. No bitcoins required…
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Musketeer says:

11 years ago

blah…blah…blah… Bible this, bible that.. Corrupt this, corrupt that… f*cking country.
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Orange says:

11 years ago

I wasn’t aware of the site and I’m pleased to learn of this site. Sort of Death Note-ish. Wish I had bitcoins. Never bothered with bitcoins. Now I want them…
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roiji says:

11 years ago

Could be just a scam to get bitcoins.
Bitcoins costs $931 a pop these days…
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wew says:

11 years ago

Sir Ronnie sana po eh iedit nyu tong article nato…sa tingin ko po kasi eh hindi na to “news” kasi diba dapat eh hindi nakakaencourage ang laman sana man lang eh neutral ung news tsk tsk
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