Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by jacquesm on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:33AM
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Interesting: I knew a guy that came into a lot of money. A serious lot. And he found that he had a whole entourage of new friends. Fancy house, gurus, admirers, tons of interesting investment proposals most of which he accepted. And when he died and the accounts were made up it was all gone. Everything. Not a single person around him that did not in some way take advantage of him. I still have a hard time getting around people not being able to deal with their money, especially because in this case it was quite hard earned. Some of the hangers on still haven't recovered from the fact that their 'source of funds' has dried up.
Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by boeingUH60 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @11:52AM
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Something similar happened to Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos (acquired by Amazon for $1.2B), though he still left a considerable fortune after death.
https://news.yahoo.com/zappos-founder-tony-hsieh-didnt-17410...
Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by jacquesm on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:15PM
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That's on yet another level. But the parallels are eerie. I wonder how common this is.
Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by sizzle on Sunday February 13, 2022 @05:34PM
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I bet if he was allowed to pick up an instrument and play it would be therapeutic for him. Sad story, hope he bounces back.
Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by kingcharles on Monday February 14, 2022 @01:38AM
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I wish he'd get a chance. The system just isn't set up to deal with cases like sad old George. I did see him get released, but then got re-arrested, which isn't uncommon for someone who's mental health issues are being untreated. I bumped into him at court and he told me that he'd been playing guitar and touring with Taylor Swift while he was briefly out, and I went along with it because it really cheered him up to have someone listen to his tale.
Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
by nathanvanfleet on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:23PM
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A Jack Chick track right here in the middle of a comment thread.
I was in jail with a guy who was a total mess. Nice, but seemed pretty mentally-disabled.
One day a new guy came on the block. "Wow, what is George doing in here?" "You know him?" "Yeah, I know him. He is one of the greatest musicians I ever met. He can play any instrument like a savant. I knew him a few years ago, just after he inherited $4m when his father passed. He ended up getting in drugs and everyone would hang out at his house." "Wow, who was his dealer?" "Who was his dealer?! EVERYONE was his dealer!"
I'd been keeping George in coffee, because he didn't have a single cent on his commissary account (which is rare in jail, even the worst criminals usually have someone out there). Poor George had snorted or injected $4m of drugs and everyone had sold them to him and partied with him until all the money was gone and George's brain was cooked and he went around shaking his fist at the sky until he was arrested. And not one of his hundreds of "friends" would put a cent on his account.