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> how little the BTC reward is going to be So far, the address has received the equivalent of over 50,000 USD.
by LeoPanthera 6y ago
> how little the BTC reward is going to be
So far, the address has received the equivalent of over 50,000 USD.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoAgain, nothing. Given the accounts that were hacked, they could easily have moved markets and had pre-placed short bets that would have netted them potentially hundreds of millions.
- jacquesm 6y agoThat's a lot easier to trace than BTC transactions though. And of course even there if the adversary is determined enough you'll get caught.
- erichurkman 6y agoIf they had capital to begin with. If this is some individual hacker without much for means, swiping $100k of BTC in a potentially narrow window when a security vulnerability is in place is greater than $0 while trying to line up capital and shorts.
- dasudasu 6y agoIf you do it in "real" markets, you get the attention of the SEC or similar agencies in other countries. Crypto is completely unregulated in this regard.
- shiftpgdn 6y agoThere are literally millions of put/short orders placed against TSLA every day. I don't think they track the intentions of every single one.
- tempestn 6y agoNo, but if someone managed to hack a bunch of Teslas and cause chaos, driving their stock down, you can bet law enforcement would be looking at shorting activity.
- bcrosby95 6y agoBad hacks are announced fairly regularly. I highly doubt law enforcement investigates shorts everytime one happens.
- ralfd 6y agoWith Elon Musk normal shitposting you could away with one well placed message to (temporarily) tank the stock. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1256239815256797184 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1256239815256797184