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> The forum will pay up to 15 XAU

Somewhat interesting that the bounty is not priced in terms of Bitcoin.

If it would be priced in terms of Bitcoin it would make the bounty less attractive for a lot of people. Bitcoin is highly volatile and not everyone believes it will rise.

15 XAU is by the way currently around USD 18000.

The bounty is to be paid in Bitcoin anyway; I don't see how your attractiveness explanation is applicable.

The problem with setting the price in Bitcoin is the volatility: someone with information could attempt to time their contact with Theymos to maximize their bounty. This could significantly delay revealing the information, if the bounty claimant felt the price were temporarily in a slump, and could cost Theymos a lot more than expected if they got lucky.

Although, over a two week period in late February and early March, gold appears to have dropped from 75.94 to 63.78. That's less volatile than BTC, but if that's the metric that we are measuring, why not use USD?

Bitcoiners don't use the devils money.

XAU is ounces of gold so the price of 15 ounces is about 18,000 USD at the moment.

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