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Hackers steal NFTs worth millions. In other news, NFTs worth millions. (www.theblock.co)

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The way I read the article, the "worth millions" is the sum of the ransom demand.

The funny part is that the exploit is in the "smart" contract, ya know the thing that the blockchain keeps secure by forbidding any updates or patches.

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[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There are curated NFT auction sites where only selected artists are allowed to sell their work. And you can see for how much they sell their pieces. During the hype many sold items for thousands to tens of thousands or more. Also there is Beeple who rode the hype early from the start and he became a millionaire.

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