An 11-year-old Ethereum wallet moved $4.6 million and dodged a scam set up in minutes
Summary
An ancient Ethereum wallet dating back to the platform's launch recently transferred millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Although automated bots attempted to steal the funds by inserting fraudulent addresses into the transaction history, the owner successfully bypassed the trap and routed the assets to the correct destination.
Bots spotted a wallet from Ethereum’s 2015 launch the moment it stirred and planted lookalike addresses in its history, but the owner sent the money to the right place anyway.
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