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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by PatrolX on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:07PM (#23851841)
So far people have sent:

Transactions 253

Total Received $101,539.14

Link to address:

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

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by jackschultz on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:16PM (#23851968)
An incredibly number of people in the entire world who have seen these tweets, and currently, 5:16 eastern, shows 271 transactions.

Not like everyone who sees these tweets has bitcoin accounts, but less than 300 falling for the fake tweets is such a small number in terms of populations.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by positr0n on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:37PM (#23852278)
It's common to "seed the tip jar" by transferring some of your own BTC from another wallet to the public facing one. So that number should be treated like a ceiling.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by delive on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:37PM (#23852279)
It's probably because the subset of people who would fall for it likely don't have BTC.
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