> be hacker
> get access to old Lido oracle key
> $23B protocol in your hands
> could wait, plan, steal 8+ figs
> instead…
> drain wallet overnight
> steal *drumroll*... 1.4 ETH
> Lido dev gets low balance alert
> “huh that’s weird”
>starts digging
> finds the key got jacked
> panic.exe
> emergency DAO vote to rotate keys
> hacker blows the op for literal peanuts
> instantly exposes himself
> actual galaxy brain
Another hacker ratio’d by their own impatience
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He went from running a $100B empire to 4 months in jail
Today, a single picture of his dog wiped out millions from retail traders
Here’s how greed, FOMO, and insider manipulation turned this into a bloodbath: 🧵
Quick TL;DR before we dive in:
> CZ built Binance, the biggest crypto exchange
> Got sued for $4.2B and served 4 months in jail
> Recently got released
> Yesterday, he teased posting his dog’s name and photo
> Today, he finally did it
And then… all hell broke loose...
Within seconds, thousands of people rushed to buy hundreds of new tokens
But there was a problem — Binance Smart Chain can only handle 157 transactions per second
It wasn’t even close to enough
People got stuck, bots frontran them, and many bought in at horrible prices.