Hong Kong-based
Bitfinex, which was
hacked to the melody of $70 meg (119,756 BTC) during the summer, has reached out to the perpetrators inwards hopes of recovering to a greater extent than or less of the stolen funds.
Giancarlo Devasini, Risk Manager at Bitfinex, has proposed an “enormous bug” bounty to the hackers that would survive disbursed inwards an anonymous way. While Mr.Devasini didn’t call whatsoever specifics, the annunciation alludes to a “privacy-centric” payment method.
The ii most pop privacy-oriented digital currencies, which bring whatsoever liquidity in addition to sufficient marketplace position capitalization, would survive DASH in addition to
Monero.
Bitfinex has asked the hackers to found a trouble of communication via Bitmessage, a P2P communications protocol amongst message encryption, in addition to asks for proof of ownership of ane of the Bitcoin addresses that currently holds almost
1,757 BTC, which were siphoned off from Bitfinex servers inwards August.
Giancarlo Devasini writes:
“We believe that a combination of Tor in addition to an anonymous e-mail service should suffice to protect your identity in addition to location. Encrypting your message amongst our PGP primal farther guarantees privacy from prying eyes, simply to seek your authenticity to us, nosotros inquire that y'all render Earth primal associated amongst 1QDBWKgfftwuraEasMGSUvj9PPrswZv19q in addition to sign your message amongst the corresponding somebody key.”
Devasini likewise pose forth an choice communications method: attaching an encrypted message via OP_RETURN on the Bitcoin blockchain to ane of the 2073 addresses belongings the stolen funds.
The bold motility yesteryear Bitfinex management has been met amongst ridicule in addition to skepticism yesteryear the Bitcoin community on Reddit, “These finex guys are hilarious. Unbelievable!,”
wrote ane Redditor.
While the somewhat desperate maneuver yesteryear Bitfinex may appear impractical in addition to unrealistic at kickoff glance, the staggering size of the theft, coupled amongst Earth nature of the Bitcoin blockchain, volition arrive real hard for the hackers to comprehend their tracks completely in addition to pass the stolen coins at to a greater extent than or less signal inwards the future.
Sophisticated blockchain analysis firms bring rendered most Bitcoin tumblers obsolete in addition to every blockchain sleuth is keeping a unopen oculus on the addresses containing the stolen Bitfinex coins.
Giancarlo Devasini posted the plea on Oct 21, 2016, simply thus far at that spot hasn’t been whatsoever tidings of contact.