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Prairie Gates

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7. "The hackers appear to have in effect "burned" those funds, ...

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 05:18 PM

Jun 18

"...rendering them inaccessible by storing them in 'vanity addresses' for which they do not have the cryptographic keys, Elliptic said."

Tell me another one. I was born at night, guy, but not last night.

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Israel-linked group hacks Iranian cryptocurrency exchange in $90m heist [View all] groundloop Jun 18 OP

Now if they could hack the North Koreans. SWBTATTReg Jun 18 #1

Now if they could hack United Healthcare and medical debt collectors ck4829 Jun 18 #4

And, there in lies the problem bamagal62 Jun 18 #2

can someone explain these "vanity addresses" ret5hd Jun 18 #3

A rough and simplistic analogy Tarc Jun 18 #9

that explains the "key" to the address... ret5hd Jun 19 #11

Anyplace there's a hubbub-commotion going on, somebody's stealing something. bucolic_frolic Jun 18 #5

Maybe they should Hack Taco's Memecoin? Deep State Witch Jun 18 #6

"The hackers appear to have in effect "burned" those funds, ... Prairie Gates Jun 18 #7

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