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Bitcoiner sends message to crypto scammer after requiring they use Lighting

1 pointsby mescalineabout 3 years ago

2 comments

ganbatekudasaiabout 3 years ago
I tried to understand the point but failed. From the article:<p>&quot;In brief, Crisan, chief technology officer of Netopia Payments, convinced the scammer to install a Lightning Network (LN) wallet, as he only deals with “LN assets.” So, Fake John installed a Bitcoin LN wallet, Blue Wallet. However, instead of sending Fake John the money, Crisan sent a message saying “Eat shit you fucking scammer!”&quot;<p>So the installation of the LN wallet was totally unrelated to the purported &quot;retribution&quot; to the scammer, which only consisted of telling him off?<p>&quot;Justice was duly served — all while providing a free lesson in how to use Bitcoin LN.&quot;<p>In what way was justice served, other than the rude sentence? Something I assume scammers get all the time and likely couldn&#x27;t care less about, given that they would not scam in the first place if they cared about what potential victims think of them?
pcthrowawayabout 3 years ago
I like how Bitcoin&#x27;s answer to scalability concerns is so bad that getting a scammer to use it is considered revenge.