Cryptocurrency scams have been going on for years despite the fix being an easy "if reply to a high-profile account and contains the words "bitcoin" or "giveaway" then ban".

If they couldn't (or didn't want to) do it then I very much doubt they can do it now.

Instead twitter will repeatedly ban my account for having very little activity.

The automatic bans on new accounts are just a scummy tactic to get everyone's phone numbers.

Not really. That just prevents them from posting bitcoin addresses. They still have access to all the accounts and can post whatever they like. It's still dangerous. And what about all the real posts that contain long strings?

i said 'temp'. how many real posts are 30+ chars string of gibberish? like .01% of all posts ?

For the specific variation this hack is currently taking, sure. But the actual problem is that someone has access to these accounts and can post anything they want. That is not okay, and has nothing to do with bitcoin addresses.

A bitcoin scam, in the grand scheme of things, is on the more harmless end of the spectrum of what they could do with this. They absolutely should shut it down while they work this out.