Bitcoin core dev calls out ‘misleading’ auction selling his code as an NFT

One of the original core developers behind Bitcoin (

Early last year, decentralized marketplace OpenSea reported that over 80% of NFTs minted using its minting tool were “plagiarized works, fake collections, and spam.”

Dashjr was reportedly the unfortunate victim of a hack on the last day of 2022 which lost him “basically” all his BTC.

Hackers gained access to his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key, a common security method that uses two keys to gain access to encrypted information.

The news ignited a debate around self-custody, which became a hot topic after the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.