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Why does nobody believe the theft of 215 bitcoins from Luke Dashjr?observatorioblockchain.com/ciberseguridad/por-que-nadie-se-cree-el-robo-de-215-bitcoins-a-luke-dashjr/

518 sats \ 22 comments \ @m0wer 7h bitcoin

Luke Dashjr, one of Bitcoin's leading developers, has been making headlines lately after having 215 bitcoins stolen. Dashjr explained that a hacker gained access to his server, his Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) system, his wallet, and his bitcoins. It's unbelievable that one of the people who has contributed the most to the cybersecurity of the Bitcoin protocol could have been hacked so easily and lost such a large sum of money.

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53 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 7h

nobody + 1. I actually believe that this happened.

100 sats \ 7 replies \ @DarthCoin 6h

If that really happened, Luke is just dumb.

115 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 5h

Can't judge, I lost coins dumber.

127 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 4h

But 215? I think it's pretty fair to judge him, and afaik he still uses the same potentially compromised server to distribute Knots binaries.

239 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 4h

Less but still a shitton.

Edit: making mistakes in custody solutions has been common and isn't a reason I'd pass judgment for. Anyone can make a mistake.

I think its more useful to judge someone by their solutions. In which case I think Luke is often wrong.

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 4h

Wanna share the story so I can judge you in higher resolution after I made sure this doesn't happen to me? haha

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 4h

No. The story is out there under my real name and I don't want to doxx myself haha.

But feel free to judge me. I simply was lazy on my own stack.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 3h

Ahh ok, I understand, no worries! (You probably considered if just mentioning this is too much.)

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50 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 7h

Edit: link not working for me.

Luke is different, but I highly doubt he would call for help from the FBI if he had made it up. They are not dumb and they likely took all his devices and grilled him for days. Not many would pit themselves through this situation and even fewer would think they could fool them too.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 7h

Both scenarios are highly susceptible and dumb.

Scenario A: he really lost those BTC due to a hack. Is really dumb to keep such an amount of BTC in an online computer, no matter how many security protections you took. Is not necessary, even if you use them for testing / developing stuff. You can use testnet or any other fake network for that.

Scenario B: he fake the whole thing as "I lost my BTC in a hack".... Is also dumb to fake such thing in public. And for what? There are many ways to hide your stash, but going public with a fake story is dumb.

Let's not forget that after that "hack" he received more BTC from donations. I could be also a maneuver for getting them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @krispy_donkey 3h

Agree, it makes no sense. In filthy fiat that is worth $21 million USD. Nevermind some hacker infiltrating his home network, what exactly was his plan for stopping a wrench attack? Once my modest holdings reached a certain size I racked my brain trying to figure out a way to store my seed phrase so securely that if anyone nasty ever came to visit I literally would not be a able to give them what they wanted. It took a while but I finally came up with a system I am happy with, or rather I could not find a better solution.

I find it so hard to believe that someone so high profile as Luke with such significant holdings was not thinking along similar lines.

It’s possible that he grew up in comfortable settings and his mind and thoughts never really went in that direction, I don’t know. It’s also possible he was so confident in his own technical abilities that he thought his system was unhackable. So, he’s either lying or very naive. In both cases, whatever else he says in the future I will take with an extremely large grain of salt, for he’s either dishonest or an extremely smart idiot.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @m0wer OP 7h

Here you have an alternative, but in Spanish: https://web.archive.org/web/20241107160737/https://observatorioblockchain.com/ciberseguridad/por-que-nadie-se-cree-el-robo-de-215-bitcoins-a-luke-dashjr/

The article is interesting because it covers many other things. Many other episodes that help you know him better I guess.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7h

Is kind of hit piece...

23 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 7h

Fun fact: if you wear a mask like this for long time, it affect your brain from lack of oxygen... and all for nothing.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @SHA256man 5h

how good of a mask are u gonna get, Darth? do u have some sort of protection against aluminum nano-particles? space suits... they are coming... Elon Musk will save us all, lol; also robots, gotta have em;

109 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h

The "darth mask" is just for fun and smoke...

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @SHA256man 5h

i am not too sure about that:

reminiscing good old times on Simply Bitcoin telegram

life was fun and seemed so simple

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h

There's an important reason why I left that group...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SHA256man 5h

gotta pick battles wisely; there are only so many mitochondria in the body working only so fast, and it's a zero-sum game;

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 2h

The simply Bitcoin telegram is just for pinning links to the latest video now

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 3h

because "boating accident" is a fundamental part of Bitcoin culture.

On the other hand: He's both a weirdo and stupid. So maybe it actually did happen. That would be so funny 😂