Afatwa, or religious decree, issued by senior Iranian clerics calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump has attracted online funding worth tens of millions of dollars, reports say.

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      That’s why I’m specifically wondering about the public aspect of the bounty—it presupposes that the assassin will be publicly known and able to conduct financial transactions afterward, and that the sponsor will be able to openly make good on their promise.

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        16 hours ago

        One way they could do it:

        • assassin writes down their plan, including time, place, method, and payment address
        • assassin hashes plan, then time-stamps and publishes the hash
        • assassination takes place
        • assassin publishes plantext plan and link to hash, proving beforehand knowledge
        • sponsor pays assassin without even having to know who it is
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          14 hours ago

          The sponsor would have to be able to publicly demonstrate that the assassin was paid, though—otherwise they could claim to have paid the bounty while keeping the money, and the assassin couldn‘t protest without exposing their identity.