As I read this crypto punk #3706 was the subject of the January 3rd hack, which was covertly stolen from its owner’s crypto wallet, but was safely returned to its rightful owner, CryptoNovo. But how it was restored and restored is the feel-good NFT story you’ve been waiting for so long.
Last week, CryptoNovo tweeted a number of warnings. He”just been hacked,” his collection Cryptopunkswas transferred to an unknown wallet labeled 0x8e25ab, including #3706, which he uses as his Twitter profile picture.
Most of his followers sympathized with his loss, but some chose to launch numerous fundraising campaigns to help collectors reacquire his NFTs.
There’s a GoFundNovo, led by digital artist Dario De Siena, who asked community members to mint one of the 2,000 available GoFundNovo Support TokenToken holders can claim unique ERC-721 tokens featuring art created by nonfungiblemotion, darko.eth, Jacopo Lanza, De Siena himself and more.
“CryptoNovo has been a great ambassador for CryptoNovo for many years. punks And for Web3, he fell victim to a malicious link from a hacked Discord.Sadly, his punks has been stolen and we’re working to get him back with his iconic hat and clown nose punk It’s the core of his digital identity. ” wrote de siena“This campaign is both an effort to help a specific person and part of our movement.”
moreover, novo pixel The project will drop 576 tokens at 0.04 ETH (approximately $57) each, with all proceeds going to recovery wallet; and OnChainNovo is released A collection of 311 digital works Inspired by CryptoNovo punkintended to benefit the GoFundNovo wallet.
Another fundraiser, launched a GIF-based mint of 3,706 tokens, while emphasizing the need for continued cyber vigilance. “This playful GIF of him serves as a reminder that one misclick can lead to undesirable consequences,” the campaign said.
Cryptocurrency scams have indeed thrived for as long as NFTs have been on the market.What did thieves try to steal in 2021 with scams ranging from phishing attacks to pump-and-dumps? Over $100 million in digital assetsA few days after his hack, CryptoNovo posted about many things. discord When twitter An account that had apparently maliciously stolen his identity.
All in all, CryptoNovo fundraising campaign 84.84 ETH pooled (approximately $121,000), far exceeding the original goal.total was more than enough buy crypto punk #3706 back From hackers on January 11th.
“I am speechless,” said CryptoNovo in a statement About the return of NFT. “I was overwhelmed by the dedication and determination of everyone who had to band together through epic Twitter Spaces and really cool NFT drops to make this happen. You can’t spell #commUNITY without UNITY. It’s what I saw.”
He added that he plans to cooperate with authorities in investigating the hacks and urged his supporters to practice cyber hygiene. There is,’ he said.
De Siena is understandably enthusiastic about GoFundNovo’s success. “My heart is full of love!” he murmuredbefore later addition“For culture!”
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