Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds

Re:Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds by benreesman on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @05:34PM (#30265825)

I mean, for a recent example of how this works in practice: Polygon got whacked for like 650MM last August, but all the fiat and even stablecoin exchanges blacklisted the addresses and the guy got like 5MM “bug bounty” or whatever.

There might be prestige in some circles for taking down some dumbass Solidity coder, and some people seem to be getting some money out still (e.g. Wormhole).

But overall I’m short Trail of Bits consulting rate.

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Re:Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds by easrng on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:00PM (#30266091)

Yeah, if you hack a contract you need to get the funds into Tornado.Cash immediately.

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Re:Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds by david12345 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @05:11AM (#30270989)

Or you can short Polygon, and make money from the price falling upon disclosure of bug

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