Hypothetical Twist: The hitman is actually the same guy he's trying to have killed, just under a separate, anonymous account.

Hypothetical Meta Twist: DPR actually suffers from multiple personality disorder and is also the guy he's trying to kill and thus also the hitman.

A truly anonymous system really poses some hard problems, man.

Right. That's enough internet for you.

That made me actually lol in the office.

well, actually it seems to be at least his 2nd hire if he is not using it as a bargain chip. if he is saying the truth, he previously managed to get somebody executed for 80k.

I read it as a clumsy bargaining strategy, especially since he wasn't at all successful in reducing the quoted price.

True, also, it seems like my first hypothetical twist might not have been that far off as I thought. Other comments[0] readily theorize it to be a likely scenario.

[0] https://hackertimes.com/item?id=6483382

Twist: The target and hit man are both sentient bitcoins.