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Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen (www.gamesradar.com)
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[-] MotoAsh@piefed.social 41 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

As it should. If they allow direct conversion, all they've done is create a fungible asset, which already comes with a crazy amount of legal implications compared to some random number in a videogame.

this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
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