History: A bug that made a millionaire.
In 2020, a Reddit user with the nickname GuyWithBadLuck accidentally discovered a bug in a decentralized exchange (DEX), which led him to an incredible fortune. He was trying to make a small transaction with tokens worth $50, but instead of the expected transaction, the system credited him tokens worth $5 million.
At first, the user thought it was a display error. But when he checked his wallet through independent blockchain scanners, the amount turned out to be real. In panic, he posted in the forum that he didn't know what to do. Some advised him to immediately transfer the funds to a safe place, while others suggested returning the money to the platform.
The exchange quickly noticed the error and contacted him asking him to return the funds. However, since transactions on the blockchain are irreversible, GuyWithBadLuck found himself at the center of a moral dilemma: keep the money or return it.
Ultimately, he decided to leave part of the funds as a "reward for finding the bug," but sent most of it (around $4.5 million) back to the exchange. In gratitude, the platform publicly praised him and awarded him a bonus of $50,000, as well as a job on the QA (quality assurance) team.
And what would you have done?