#WazirX黑客事件 #MtGox钱包动态 #metamask #数字钱包
Last week, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX was hacked, with a total of approximately US$230 million in assets stolen, involving assets such as SHIB, ETH, MATIC, PEPE and USDT.
According to the official Twitter announcement, one of the multi-signature wallets was hacked, resulting in the theft.
The stolen assets are from one of the wallet addresses of the WazirX exchange. The loss should be within the platform's tolerance and will not affect the account assets of platform users, but it is basically difficult to recover the stolen assets.
The Mentougou compensation incident, which has been hotly discussed recently, has also been discussed on major social media platforms. For creditors, it is possible that the BTC losses caused by the theft that lasted for 10 years can be recovered.
In 2014, MtGox, the largest Bitcoin trading platform at the time, was hacked and more than 800,000 BTC were stolen;
Mentougou then filed for bankruptcy protection, confirming that it had been hacked and stolen, with losses including more than 700,000 bitcoins owned by users and 100,000 bitcoins owned by the platform, with a total of more than 800,000 BTC stolen.
Based on today’s BTC price, the market value exceeds 50 billion US dollars.
Mentougou filed for bankruptcy, and users had to bear the losses. The crypto wealth of many people was reduced to zero overnight, and the road to compensation was nowhere in sight. Some creditors even went to Tokyo to hold up signs, hoping to get their losses back.
The amount of money stolen from Mentougou was huge, and its operating team was unable to pay compensation, so the users of the platform suffered. If compensation could be realized now, some users would be able to passively benefit from the increase in BTC and realize more than 70 times the profit.
The decentralized, tamper-proof and anonymous characteristics of blockchain guarantee the rights and interests of users. There is no central agency to freeze accounts, no way to query the owners behind the wallet, and no way to cancel transactions.
These technological advantages are also a double-edged sword. Once hackers steal on-chain assets, they cannot recover them and can only bear all the losses silently.
Although it is a good choice for ordinary players to choose trading platforms to store and trade digital assets, there are certain risks. The wallets of all exchanges are the main targets of hackers. Once the secret key/mnemonic phrase is leaked, the wallet will be stolen and the assets will be lost.
All web3 users also need to consider how to use digital wallets, store assets on the chain, and manage their own wallets.
For example, metamask, imtoken, bitpie, Trust Wallet and OKX wallet are all commonly used crypto wallets. The mnemonics are kept offline. The wallet is not linked to additional dapps and does not interact. It is also a relatively reliable storage method.
There is a certain threshold for using a wallet, but once you get started, your crypto assets can be better protected. There is no need for real-name authentication, no need for platform supervision, and you can protect your crypto assets more privately.
Blockchain has opened up new ways of playing and experiencing for ordinary users, but there are also many risks and pitfalls. Taking some time to learn and get started may open up new ways to acquire wealth.
The crypto market has both risks and opportunities. You can explore within your tolerance range, or join the Chuxiao web3 community of Chuxiao Chain to explore blockchain together.
The above is just my personal opinion, not investment advice. I am Chuxiaolian, and I am paying attention to the crypto market and web3.
