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The PayPal Mafia's Epstein Problem - Peter Thiel's Bitcoin Emails and November 2017 Lunch

Patrick Duggan
Feb 11
3 min read

# The PayPal Mafia's Epstein Problem - Peter Thiel's Bitcoin Emails and November 2017 Lunch

Direct Communications

We searched 329,442 DOJ documents. We found Peter Thiel in direct email communication with Jeffrey Epstein.

Not through intermediaries. Not through assistants. Direct.

Including discussions about Bitcoin. And lunch scheduling. Through November 2017.

The Bitcoin Email

**EFTA01916226** (July 2014):

*"first, It appears that there is little agreement on what Bitcoin is. store of or intrinsic value, (if any) currency, property, architecture, payment system. etc. conflicting goals. anonymous, but transparent (public ledger). like the continuum now in the gender classification, fitting things into narrow boxes..."* — Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel

Epstein writing directly to Thiel. About Bitcoin. In 2014.

Not a casual acquaintance. A substantive intellectual exchange with one of Silicon Valley's most influential investors.

The Lunch Scheduling

**EFTA02229905** (November 2017):

*"Maybe lunch around noon?"* — Peter Thiel to Epstein

*"look forward to it. see you then."* — Epstein's response

November 2017. Nine years after Epstein's conviction. During the first year of the Trump administration.

Thiel was still scheduling lunches with a convicted sex offender.

The Ongoing Relationship

**EFTA02343713** (June 2017):

*"Still juggling on when in NYC next, but probably a week or so in mid-July..."* — Peter Thiel to Epstein

Casual. Familiar. The kind of scheduling you do with someone you see regularly.

Not a one-time meeting. An ongoing relationship. Maintained through 2017.

Who Is Peter Thiel?

- Co-founder of PayPal

- First outside investor in Facebook

- Co-founder of Palantir (major government contractor)

- Funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit that destroyed Gawker

- Major Trump donor and advisor

- Board member at Meta (Facebook's parent)

One of the most powerful and politically connected figures in Silicon Valley.

The Palantir Question

Palantir provides data analysis tools to the CIA, FBI, ICE, and military.

The company's co-founder was having lunch with Jeffrey Epstein in 2017.

What did Palantir know about Epstein's activities? What did the intelligence agencies who use Palantir know?

The Trump Connection

Peter Thiel was one of Trump's earliest and most influential Silicon Valley supporters.

He spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

He was on Trump's transition team.

He was scheduling lunches with Epstein during Trump's first year in office.

The PayPal Mafia

Thiel wasn't the only PayPal founder in Epstein's orbit.

The Edge Foundation dinners that included Epstein also included:

- Elon Musk (PayPal co-founder)

- Reid Hoffman (PayPal board, LinkedIn founder - ON ISLAND)

The "PayPal Mafia" overlapped significantly with the Epstein network.

What Thiel Has Said

Thiel has been characteristically quiet about his Epstein connections.

The documents speak louder than his silence.

Direct emails about Bitcoin. Lunch scheduling through 2017. Casual coordination about NYC visits.

This wasn't arms-length contact. This was a relationship.

The Network Effect

Thiel connects to multiple Epstein clusters:

**Trump Circle:** Major donor, transition team, ongoing advisor

**Silicon Valley:** PayPal, Facebook, Palantir

**Finance:** Founders Fund, major VC investments

**Media:** Destroyed Gawker, backed various outlets

Every one of these spheres has Epstein connections. Thiel sits at the intersection.

Verify It Yourself

**epstein.dugganusa.com**

Search: *Peter Thiel*

EFTA01916226 — The Bitcoin email

EFTA02229905 — "Maybe lunch around noon?" November 2017

EFTA02343713 — "Still juggling on when in NYC next"

Every document searchable. Every quote verified.

The Questions

When Thiel was advising the Trump transition, did he disclose his Epstein relationship?

Did Palantir's government clients know about Thiel's 2017 Epstein lunches?

What was discussed in those Bitcoin emails?

Why was a convicted sex offender giving investment advice to one of Silicon Valley's most powerful figures?

*"Maybe lunch around noon?"* — Peter Thiel to Jeffrey Epstein, November 2017

*EFTA02229905. We indexed it.*

*Her name was Renee Nicole Good.*

*His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.*