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The way I read the article, the "worth millions" is the sum of the ransom demand.

The funny part is that the exploit is in the "smart" contract, ya know the thing that the blockchain keeps secure by forbidding any updates or patches.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah the contract is how a few exchanges got stolen from in recent years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lol "worth"... that word is absolutely meaningless. This chewed gum I have is "worth" $2.7 billion dollars!!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Can't even read the website, as the third modal, the newsletter modal, refuses to close. Yeesh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let me get this straight, you can steal an nft but you can't own an nft?

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