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Original Bitcoin Core Developer has BTC Stolen From Wallet – This is What Happened

Core Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has revealed that he has lost almost his entire stash of BTC after his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key was compromised just before the new year. In a Sunday tweet, the developer said his...

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Original Bitcoin Core Developer has BTC Stolen From Wallet – This is What Happened
Core Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has revealed that he has lost almost his entire stash of BTC after his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key was compromised just before the new year.
In a Sunday tweet, the developer said his PGP key, a common security method that uses two keys to gain access to encrypted information, was somehow compromised by hackers, resulting in the theft of more than 200 BTC coins, worth over $3.5 million....
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