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At the risk of sounding pedantic, can we not use the term crypto for cryptocurrency or blockchain related stuff? Crypto already has a well defined meaning that is in common use, which is related to cryptography, not cryptocurrency. Edit: Post title was changed to use the full word "cryptocurrency", great :)
Same as hacker has different meanings when used here on HN and on most news articles.
At the risk of sounding pedantic, can we not use the term crypto for cryptocurrency or blockchain related stuff? Crypto already has a well defined meaning that is in common use, which is related to cryptography, not cryptocurrency. Edit: Post title was changed to use the full word "cryptocurrency", great :)
Sounds like a great marketing hack / donation scam quite honestly.
>Could it be that he made it up to avoid taxes? Perhaps we'll never know
I think its an exit scam. He will not be able to sell coins without upsetting his following, because he sells and then announced it on his channels. This will be followed a major dump and his followers will lose significant value during this dump. Perfect cover up to liquidate his assets while covering his ass. No person seriously into crypto (especially with his amounts) does not keep it in a hardware wallet.
I think its an exit scam. He will not be able to sell coins without upsetting his following, because he sells and then announced it on his channels. This will be followed a major dump and his followers will lose significant value during this dump. Perfect cover up to liquidate his assets while covering his ass. No person seriously into crypto (especially with his amounts) does not keep it in a hardware wallet.
Back in my day when we made wallets on air-blocked computers, that had the single purpose of just generating wallets. Not sure if I would trust hardware wallets//online wallets in the same way. The other benefit to this is if you misplace a wallet, and find it years later it’s like finding cash in your dress pants you don’t really wear all the time.
There were also some who accidentally threw their old computers / hard drives away.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The time stamps of the purported transfer took place during his livestream so the headline ("during a livestream") is correct
Yes, understood, but it seemed to me like an irrelevant and misleading detail, as if he accidentally revealed his passwords or some other security detail on camera.
Maybe the last (seemingly innocent) clue (or just confidence of previous clues) the hacker needed was present. Or maybe it was just the hacker wanting a distraction (though I could think of better ones...) or doing it for fun.
I think its an exit scam. He will not be able to sell coins without upsetting his following, because he sells and then announced it on his channels. This will be followed a major dump and his followers will lose significant value during this dump. Perfect cover up to liquidate his assets while covering his ass. No person seriously into crypto (especially with his amounts) does not keep it in a hardware wallet.
Sounds like a great marketing hack / donation scam quite honestly.
A comment on the article also raises a valid point: > Could it be that he made it up to avoid taxes? Perhaps we'll never know
At the risk of sounding pedantic, can we not use the term crypto for cryptocurrency or blockchain related stuff? Crypto already has a well defined meaning that is in common use, which is related to cryptography, not cryptocurrency. Edit: Post title was changed to use the full word "cryptocurrency", great :)