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It looks like it is just twitter hack. The wording in those tweets doesn't fit Luke's writing style. This is his mastodon, let's see if he posts anything there: https://bitcoinhackers.org/@lukedashjr
You believe that someone keeps their normal "writing style" when his livelihood gets stolen? :>
I still think the reason Satoshi vanished is that he lost his private key and couldn't handle the embarrassment.
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I don't think too many people are concerned with solving the "problem" of facilitating money laundering and other crimes.
Ok in fairness there are problems with traditional bank accounts (e.g. bank transfers have a hilariously bad UX, credit card fees are way too high, people without addresses have difficulty getting them, etc.) But fixing those problems is a political issue not a technical one. People on HN can't really do anything about it.
Besides politicians are working on fixing those problems (slowly). E.g. the EU is capping credit/debit card transaction fees. There's PSD2, central bank digital currencies, etc. etc.
> What the heck @FBI @ic3 why can't I reach anyone??? Uh, because it’s New Year’s Day? Don’t get injured or become a crime victim on a holiday, if possible.
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Slightly off-topic, but who is this @ic3 and why does he tag them in the same way as the FBI? Here's the account, for reference: https://twitter.com/ic3 . Doesn't look like an official to me.
Clearly he meant https://www.ic3.gov/ but tagged a wrong account.
I use Twitter solely for moaning at service providers who respond [far!] faster on Twitter than they do by phone or email, but .. umm ... doesn't this [common] mistake demonstrate how broken this approach is?
Context now that the editorialised title has changed, this is a core Bitcoin developer. These things happen every day, but happening to a core developer (if confirmed!) who has a deep understanding of the systems and security indicates just how fragile crypto can be (in my opinion)
Soon you will see people saying you should have done this or that complicated thing, or how somebody so smart could should have known better.
No matter what they say it is never enough. This is why lack of consumer protections suck.
Would be interesting to know how his BTC were stolen. Because he is a BTC core developer, I believe he followed the best practices, like not writing down his password. So infection or keylogger?
I am not a security person, but I can't help but wonder where the advice of not writing things down comes from? I think my wife's password book on her desk is a lot more safe than most computer experts.
"My colo'd server that stores my hot wallet keeps getting compromised. Welp the wallet is emptied".
I don't know how to take this seriously?
https://np.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/36w6nw/why_did...
https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/490dyi/serious_ques...
I would take what he says with a grain of salt.
I still think the reason Satoshi vanished is that he lost his private key and couldn't handle the embarrassment.