What an amazing turn of events!
They will make a movie about this one day.
All Steem's human witnesses got cold feet about HF 0.23 - perhaps after my legal letter warning that HF 0.23 was theft.
Justin Sun then used the @dev365 account with massive Steem he controls to appoint 20 sock puppet witnesses to force through HF 0.23.
HF 0.23 goes through and all the stolen funds are transferred to the @community321 account as planned.
But then a White Knight intervenes and immediate sends all these funds to @bittrex with the memo:
"These are funds stolen by the Steem witnesses using HF23 May 20th 2020 - please return them to their original owners prior to the fork :)"
Bittrex had closed deposits and withdrawals earlier today.
20 minutes later @community321 sent a message to Justin Sun: "Stealing is Bad" in Korean!
The White Knight thought this through well.
Q: Where can you send the stolen funds that is safe from another hard fork by Justin's sock puppets?
A: To an exchange that can be trusted. Justin wouldn't dare steal Bittrex's funds.
@jpbliberty will now be writing to Bittrex on behalf of those who had their funds stolen requesting their return to the original owners and suggesting a mechanism for clear proof of ownership.
It is clear that Justin Sun is so technically incompetent that he he did not maintain exclusive control of the keys for @community321.
It reminds me of the mad Roman Emperor Caligula being murdered by his own Praetorian Guards.
This is what happens to all tyrants - their own inner circle turns on them.
This is amazing.
One thing must not be missed though: HF23 was completed. And it was completed in a way that proves that it was planned and controlled by Justin Sun. This means these funds were forcefully removed from their rightful owners. That they were returned by this Ninja-act does not change the fact that THIS WAS THEFT.
If I was you, I would still push legally and bring his ass in front of a judge.
That's true, even if the funds are recovered and returned, the theft did happen as intended. And it WAS theft, outright and clear.
도둑질은 나빠요
best day ever.
And what a great reference to Caligula @jpbliberty!
perfect korean
i see florentin, i like
https://steemit.com/justinsunsteemy/@community321/you-re-welcome
Remember IF Justin got cold feet about this theft maybe he is the white hat. Just putting a possible scenario out there.
Why would he send a memo to himself saying "Stealing is bad" in Korean then?
to fool everybody?? but it is more likely to be a korean white hat i admit. You just cant make this stuff up.
Why go through with HF0.23 at all?
Justin Sun is running all 20 Steem witnesses.
He could have removed the stealing bit from the HF0.23 code.
Someone call Netflix to make a documentary about all the crazy shenanigans that happened in the last few months please
lol, with morgan freeman voice :)
Seriously someone in the arts TV space should write a screenplay and pitch this.
Since the beginning of steemit there has been drama.
Just when you think things can't get any crazier....
That’s the fist gif that I see here. I wished that it would be for a good reason. Feeling a little bit unsecured.
How did they gain control of the wallet?
Is this an indication that one is not solely in control of their keys when they create an account?
It means that they were incompetent. There are three posibilities:
Either way it shows that the people running the hardfork/theft don't know anything about account security.
That's a possibility, although I don't think that to be likely.
Then the story would become crazier than crazy.
So better always change your private keys, but is there a really secure way for it?
@anonsteem created the
@community321account 12 days ago.https://steemd.com/tx/a0ebc4761c92f197b0bc76bab5fc95c59eef19ad
However, shortly before the Steem HF23, community321 appears to have changed the keys in https://steemd.com/tx/e6d0d03d4d3c8e2d05f7d636a13f2a4422e0b52b (10 minutes prior to the fork):
If Sun changed the keys, this would indicate anonsteem was not behind the STEEM rescue. However, it's possible anonsteem could have submitted this account update transaction, which would mean Sun is now unable to transact with community321. @onthewayout does that make sense?
Pretty interesting.
So, essentially, if an account is created by a third party application or website, they could possibly have access to the keys?
You should ALWAYS change your keys, regardless of how you get them.
We can't stress this enough.
It's possible but we would have to see the code that is being used on the web page. If it is open source and we can review that the keys are generated locally on the users browser then it's unlikely. However if the user receives the keys by other means (like email) then it is possible for the third party to keep a copy of the keys.
The published open source code (if there is any) may not be the actual code that runs the web site. Also, the owners of the site can change the code at any time, and there is no way for us to know what code was used at the time of creation of community321 account.
That's the problem with trusting webapps, and it applies to any web application that asks for keys (steemit.com, steemitwallet.com etc. — they too could have been temporarily compromised at some point in the past).
That is true, only if you inspect the code running on a web app can you have some security but not everyone has the necessary knowledge to do it.
Las dapp de terceros deben enfatizar a los nuevos usuarios el cambio de sus llaves una vez realizado el registros.
Pero quizás esto es inseguro también...
Justin Sun probably got someone else to open the @community321 account because he is not technically competent.
That person kept a copy of the keys.
Probably just emailed it to a group. Or pasted it in a chat. Or something incompetent like that.
@heimindanger That is racist mate. Not all Chinese are that incompetent. Do you hear people saying that all Germans are Hitler? NO!
OMG the more I read about Sun the more I realize what piece of Sit!!
Are you sure ! This shit just gets crazier and crazier; I would not rule anything out lol
Anything is possible, but would Justin risk Bittrex delisting Steem and also Tron in retaliation?
Also, Bittrex have the resources to make sure criminal proceedings are brought against Justin Sun for theft.
Seems the money won't be gone after all, thanks to you. Steem and Hive will be in the headlines again.
good point!
I know - I wouldn't put it past him. He probably thinks he doesn't need Bittrex.
Good luck getting Bittrex to return them!! Just because there is a memo doesn't mean anything. Most likely those funds will be locked up for many years until a court battle or something? Will Bittrex's lawyers let them do anything? This is a crazy twist!! wow!! Everybody should just give each other their coins, quit making so much drama and get along! This is the stupidestthing I have ever heard!! I was hoping they were going to send them all to me!! wtf!!! U all suck!! (HIVE & STEEM)!! lolz!~!
도둑질은 나빠요
spam this shit all over steem yo 🤣🤣🤣
"Do you like Justin Sun or you just want to fuck him?"
Fuck him. Even his friends. Even when he pays them.
People like Justin Sun don't have friends, just paid flunkies and yes men that hate him.
Nice!
It seems to me that you can already start making a film or series about the STEEM / HIVE confrontation
Lol. For real?
Ok, everyone on Twitter should know about this.
Damn I should make a troll contest about him now that everyone’s funds will be safe(?)
And the best part is that they’ll have their funds available faster than anyone else. Hahahaha. Love it
had not thought of that. Everyone waiting for the power down and they will have all their money before 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we need the movie in hollywood
Wow! This entire circus is so convoluted and bizarre... Hollywood's got nothing on this story... this is priceless!
And this story needs to be spammed all over twitter and the crypto news channels.
And I'm guessing your letters @apshamilton probably were that one snowflake that's needed to dislodge an entire avalanche.
Yeah! I hope Hive is mentioned in all the stories. All publicity is GOOD publicity! So far it's just STEEM going up the past few days.
What a roller coaster! I believe your letters had something (a lot) to do with some witnesses stepping down. This is history happening right here.
Why did Justin sun do such a thing? Isn't this stealing people's right?
because he thinks he can, and he is full of himself
"Who was that masked man? or woman? We didn't get to thank him."
I thought it was you. Ninja tactics!
Shell Banishment in the Blockchain Age
https://hive.blog/hive-105017/@huangzuomin/steem023
Next level shit !
Lol nice
Thanks for explaining what happened, in layman's terms.
Wow, this just got weirder, eh? Makes me wonder if it's even real, or was some of this scripted beforehand? Perhaps only reality could be this bizarre.
EDIT:
"The White Knight thought this through well.
Q: Where can you send the stolen funds that is safe from another hard fork by Justin's sock puppets?"
Woops! That didn't age well, did it? Predictably, Bittrex doesn't want to touch the funds, which are basically a legal hot potato, nor will they do what was asked (return them to the 64 rightful owners). The White Knight didn't think that through well at all.
Hat's off to that white Knight
slick
The convivial atmosphere suddenly turns into a nightmare for Justin and Co.
What a turn around.....in a hindsight the contour of events complete a full circle. I hope the 64 beneficiaries get their fund back.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You can't make this shit up....
What a storyline :D
In the end this white knight saves Justin Sun from going criminal :-)
Well Justin is still a criminal for stealing the funds.
The White Knight returned them but the original crime remains.
Ah ok, thanks. I thought the act of stealing hadn't been done yet.
Bittrex had their deposit and withdrawal suspended since yesterday but I guess, sending to them without any memo would just leave it with them so that our guys can get it back ?
They sent it with a memo. The memo was "These are funds stolen by the Steem witnesses using HF23 May 20th 2020 - please return them to their original owners prior to the fork :)"
I raised a query with Bittrex about what will happen if someone deposits when the wallet is offline, and this was their response. So I think, Bittrex will definitely act in favor of the justice. This memo makes sure, it does not go to any individual account and stays with Bittrex.
Good news!
HF24 soon? hahah
Won't help them unless they fork out a major exchange!
Such a big mess! So amateurish!
It's worth well thought out, really I think sending to a place like binance or huobi might have been not good. But I guess Justice will be done to all these funds
Hopefully. I'll like to see justice done as quick as possible 😎
Amazing.
I am looking forward to the screenplay. This shit is classic.
Wowzers, this is impressive stuff! Good guys do win in the end 😊
Interesting turn of events.
I was also thinking, or could this have also been a plot by Justin Sun just to shyly save his damaged reputation 🤣🤣
If that was the case he wouldnt send a memo to himself saying "Stealing is bad"
😂😂 There are no limit to what a Man can think of when it comes to justifying himself.
Thoughtful, that wasn't the case
Hope Justin get back to own feet and get some sound sleep...😄😄😄
And if all goes well, may be everyone also receive the Blut tokens as a good will gesture as well - hard fork of which was done earlier by https://twitter.com/BlurtOfficial
This is epic. But the funds are (for now at least) still in the @bittrex account on the Steem blockchain. Sun could try an emergency HF24 to grab them, but would likely screw the pooch with that too.
Can’t wait to see the news coverage of this.
He could, but I think even his inner supporters would abandon him if he did that. And he would be eaten up by lawyers. He has really forked himself good.
This is so amazing. As if Justin or whoever may have planned the hard fork was too stupid to keep the private key safe. What a tard.
Closing withdrawals and deposits means that they don’t have another choice.. which is stupid 😂 It is absolutely fun.
This is entertainment you can't pay for.
Awesome twist in a tale
YES!
Lolz...justin should dive from rooftop now
HOLY SHIT WTF:D what a time to be alive...:DDD
it will be a movie someday, really amazing.
what will justin do now? 😁😁😁
This is insane
Oh hilarious, what a turn of events but this wont save Steem/Tron any more, the whole takeover is just getting more and more ridiculous 😂
Brilliant, what a turn of events. Sun Justin must be the criminal laughing stock of the crypto world by now, surely. Who in their right minds would trust anything he is involved in?
I hope he has been facepalming, saying "Doh!", and sobbing, alternately for the past several hours. And I hope that goes on for a few days. That little creep is a villain.