Payment Amount Speculation

Commenters speculate, question, and debate the specific amounts of money paid, promised, or received by individuals in a deal, scandal, or compensation context, citing figures from $10k to billions.

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HWR_14 Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

$100k is what they gave him in total, $5MM is what they promised him. The delta is because he was selling the papers bit by bit in return for partial payment.

mkurz Nov 14, 2019 View on HN

Would be interesting how much they paid.

gigatexal May 25, 2023 View on HN

Any word on how much they paid?

0xy Apr 1, 2022 View on HN

Try reading the article, he received well over $50m.

bluedevil2k Jul 14, 2021 View on HN

Money - maybe he promised them millions for their help.

weaksauce Jan 24, 2025 View on HN

that's an insane amount of money if it's accurate. wonder why they couldn't just negotiate with hbo to let them free and have someone else do their part.

brcmthrowaway Jul 10, 2025 View on HN

He must be paying them millions

viro Mar 3, 2021 View on HN

says the guy that got paid $2.5 billion.

webkike May 2, 2016 View on HN

he could have been paid an enormous sum of money

rapnie Aug 11, 2022 View on HN

Good summary. Might add that it cost $14m. Some people earned good money from this, I reckon.