Re:Beyond the boring blockchain bubble
by quickthrower2 on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:30AM
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I wonder how many of these instant millionaires are savvy enough financially and emotionally to handle the wealth. I could see it being easy to lose it all like many lottery winners, or lose friends or become depressed with nothing to do.
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Occurrences of people getting hacked to the tune of 6 figures are common in bitcoin forums and subreddits. I think by now so many hackers must be rich out of this.
Re:Beyond the boring blockchain bubble
by simonebrunozzi on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:16AM
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Ah, I imagined this would be the case, but I actually never looked for details. Do you have anything in mind to share with us? Or simply just go search on Reddit and you find plenty?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/53xwal/got_hacked...
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/3ird55/holy_shit_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/6qlxxa/i_lost_150...
https://medium.com/security-news/report-shows-230k-of-crypto...
http://www.altcointoday.com/chinese-exchange-yunbi-lost-4000...