I think I read long ago that it takes almost 7% liquid market cap to trigger a major movement. Current market cap $800b, so if true then no, 2b wouldn't be enough.
I might be pulling 7% out of thin air though, it's been a long time since I was reading about crypto market manipulation.
Isn't that basically what happened with mtgox? Karpeles ended up on the hook for a dollar amount far less than the (then current) value of the crypto lost.
When was the name announced/leaked? They would have tried to acquire relevant domains beforehand, like the guy who owned meta.com (.co? .net?) and didn't even know it was Facebook wanting to buy it off him.
iirc he got a pretty good price, but nothing like if he'd known who the buyer was.
I'm in a similar boat. Not so much service, but I move around internationally and change sims a lot. I dont even have a sim most of the time, I'm on wifi 99% of the time.
Don't want to pay outrageous fees for Google FI or the like, as literally all I need it for is to get into online banking (who have decided sms 2fa is now compulsory, without offering any other options like an authenticator app). I'm currently locked out of my bank, will have to fork out $50+ just to call them, then hope I can convince them I am who I say I am. Then do the dance again next year when they do it again.
Last I checked, they were asking for $20 / month for unlimited calling and texting. Do you consider that outrageous?
As an alternative, Google Voice will host your phone number for free. It works with every WiFi connection and even while traveling internationally. Have you considered that?
Can't you find a cheap prepaid provider that has roaming access? Since you're not going to be making calls, the balance drain should be minimial, although you still have to top up a certain amount (depends on the carrier) to keep the sim active.
Also in Reamde and later Fall. I forget exactly, but i think in Reamde they flood the internet with shit, and then some years later in Fall everyone has curated echo chambers of content, such that people signed up to different streams are basically living in different realities. Which i guess is just the logical conclusion of what we have now.
