Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally making his wallet keys public on GitHub.
  • Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet’s secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes.
  • The crypto community’s reactions were mixed, with some offering support and others mocking Guan’s previous comments about developers using AI tools like ChatGPT for coding.
  • This incident highlights ongoing debates about security practices and the role of AI in software development within the crypto community.
  • JohannoEnglish
    86•6 months ago

    They made 2 errors.

    1. Use crypto

    2. Storing the key anywhere close to the repo.

      • @AngryCommieKenderEnglish
        0•6 months ago

        You need an escape backslash character (\) before the #3 so it doesn’t show as a #1.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•6 months ago

          Works fine for me, lemmy.today on desktop browser.

          Sucks that your medium for viewing is wrong, maybe you should go complain about the wrongness to the people who maintain it?