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0 pointsSwiftyBug5y ago0 comments

The attacker already made over 5 BTC:

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n...

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danhak5y ago

Seems like a very paltry sum compared to other ways they could have capitalized on market-moving tweets.

ceejayoz5y ago

Playing in the market leaves substantially more of a trail to follow.

ketamine__5y ago

There's a trail with crypto too and it may be impossible for them to cash out.

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akmarinov5y ago

God, imagine them declaring war on China from Trump’s Twitter...

SwiftyBugOP5y ago

The worst part is that we know people would believe it because that sounds very much like something Trump would actually do.

smnrchrds5y ago

I am not familiar with BTC markets. How would they be able to collect? Wouldn't everyone be watching that wallet like hawk, making it impossible to withdraw without revealing their identity?

lawn5y ago

There are many exchanges and services where you can sell BTC for XMR (Monero) without revealing your identity. And with Monero you cannot trace addresses or transactions.

stjo5y ago

I believe no sane service would accept BTC from that address. It is now "stained" and every other address it touches will be too. There are systems that automatically monitor for such scams so it is quite hard to launder $100k.

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SwiftyBugOP5y ago

There are services that are able to obfuscate a transfer of BTC, which really only makes it very laborious to trace the money.

claudeganon5y ago

I’m sure they’ll hold onto them, considering they ran a scam on one of the world’s richest people who made the NSA’s favorite operating system.

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danhak5y ago

Seems like a very paltry sum compared to other ways they could have capitalized on market-moving tweets.

ceejayoz5y ago

Playing in the market leaves substantially more of a trail to follow.

ketamine__5y ago

There's a trail with crypto too and it may be impossible for them to cash out.

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akmarinov5y ago

God, imagine them declaring war on China from Trump’s Twitter...

SwiftyBugOP5y ago

The worst part is that we know people would believe it because that sounds very much like something Trump would actually do.

smnrchrds5y ago

I am not familiar with BTC markets. How would they be able to collect? Wouldn't everyone be watching that wallet like hawk, making it impossible to withdraw without revealing their identity?

lawn5y ago

There are many exchanges and services where you can sell BTC for XMR (Monero) without revealing your identity. And with Monero you cannot trace addresses or transactions.

stjo5y ago

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SwiftyBugOP5y ago

There are services that are able to obfuscate a transfer of BTC, which really only makes it very laborious to trace the money.

claudeganon5y ago

I’m sure they’ll hold onto them, considering they ran a scam on one of the world’s richest people who made the NSA’s favorite operating system.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse