How one guy lost millions of dollars of bitcoin to a hacker

[Phrenological]

@LurkingGrue

We get to repeat all the history we went though to get to the point of institutional regulations that made things nicer.

Libertarian funbucks!

@L_Mariachi

The “dollars” used to keep score in poker tournaments have no relation to real dollars and should really be called something else, like “points.” You can’t ever spend them in any way besides putting up bets in that tournament.

Well, the primary use for Bitcoin beyond drug purchases is degenerate gambling (at best highly margined speculation), sooooooooo