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BlockFi Mistakenly Deposits Outsized Bitcoin Payments (forbes.com/sites/nicholasgans)
13 points by tobltobs on May 19, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


"Outsized" is a mild description of paying out US$28M instead of $700.

However, the payments were made within BlockFi's internal system, not on the ledger, so they're reversible, unless you were fast enough to immediately move your booty off the platform. At least one person made off with 5 BTC (~$200k) and is currently being barraged with legal threats.

Follow the drama on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/blockfi/


Some dev is having a shitty day…





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