Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - ESEA ran a league for competitive CS:GO players. To stop cheaters, the client required kernel-level access to your PC, the same elevated privileges that let it see every running process.
That access turned out to be a gift to whoever controlled the software.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - ESEA ran a league for competitive CS:GO players. To stop cheaters, the client required kernel-level access to your PC, the same elevated privileges that let it see every running process.
That access turned out to be a gift to whoever controlled the software.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - In early 2013, an ESEA employee embedded Bitcoin mining code into the anti-cheat client. It ran silently on subscribers' machines from April 13 to April 30, 17 days.
The miner pushed GPUs hard. Users noticed: temperatures spiking, fans screaming, hardware dying.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - In early 2013, an ESEA employee embedded Bitcoin mining code into the anti-cheat client. It ran silently on subscribers' machines from April 13 to April 30, 17 days.
The miner pushed GPUs hard. Users noticed: temperatures spiking, fans screaming, hardware dying.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - The code mined roughly $3,700 worth of Bitcoin across thousands of customers' machines without their knowledge or consent.
For some users, the thermal stress destroyed graphics cards. Plaintiffs in the suit claimed ~$300 each in replacement costs.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - The code mined roughly $3,700 worth of Bitcoin across thousands of customers' machines without their knowledge or consent.
For some users, the thermal stress destroyed graphics cards. Plaintiffs in the suit claimed ~$300 each in replacement costs.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - ESEA fired the employee and tried to frame it as one rogue actor. The community wasn't buying it.
On July 3, three gamers filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court. In November 2013, New Jersey regulators piled on with a $1 million fine.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - ESEA fired the employee and tried to frame it as one rogue actor. The community wasn't buying it.
On July 3, three gamers filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court. In November 2013, New Jersey regulators piled on with a $1 million fine.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - This wasn't a sophisticated hack. It was something simpler and more unsettling: a trusted piece of software, installed voluntarily, weaponized against the people who installed it.
The anti-cheat caught everyone except the cheater running it.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - This wasn't a sophisticated hack. It was something simpler and more unsettling: a trusted piece of software, installed voluntarily, weaponized against the people who installed it.
The anti-cheat caught everyone except the cheater running it.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 7/7 - This was among the first documented cases of Bitcoin being secretly extracted through malware embedded in legitimate software.
The pattern: trusted software, GPU mining, no consent. It became the template for years of cryptojacking attacks that followed.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 7/7 - This was among the first documented cases of Bitcoin being secretly extracted through malware embedded in legitimate software.
The pattern: trusted software, GPU mining, no consent. It became the template for years of cryptojacking attacks that followed.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
July 3, 2014 (12 years ago)
Mike Hearn Wins $40,000 Bounty for Lighthouse, Bitcoin's Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Tool
The Bitcoin Foundation was mired in governance disputes. A former Google engineer used Bitcoin's scripting system to build a way around it. Brief thread... 🧵👇
July 3, 2014 (12 years ago)
Mike Hearn Wins $40,000 Bounty for Lighthouse, Bitcoin's Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Tool
The Bitcoin Foundation was mired in governance disputes. A former Google engineer used Bitcoin's scripting system to build a way around it. Brief thread... 🧵👇
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - Mike Hearn was a former Google engineer, lead author of BitcoinJ, and one of Bitcoin's earliest serious contributors.
By 2014, the Bitcoin Foundation had been the primary funder of protocol development. It was mired in governance disputes and financial trouble.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - Mike Hearn was a former Google engineer, lead author of BitcoinJ, and one of Bitcoin's earliest serious contributors.
By 2014, the Bitcoin Foundation had been the primary funder of protocol development. It was mired in governance disputes and financial trouble.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - Lighthouse used Bitcoin scripting to implement assurance contracts. Post a goal, pledge Bitcoin. Funds lock in a contract and only release on-chain when the goal is fully met.
If a campaign falls short, pledges return automatically. No escrow, no trust required.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - Lighthouse used Bitcoin scripting to implement assurance contracts. Post a goal, pledge Bitcoin. Funds lock in a contract and only release on-chain when the goal is fully met.
If a campaign falls short, pledges return automatically. No escrow, no trust required.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - The $100,000 bounty was assembled by community members who wanted a funding mechanism that bypassed institutional gatekeepers entirely.
@CoinDesk reported on July 3 that Hearn had been awarded $40,000 of that pool for completing Lighthouse:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=675585.msg7651302#msg7651302
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - The $100,000 bounty was assembled by community members who wanted a funding mechanism that bypassed institutional gatekeepers entirely.
@CoinDesk reported on July 3 that Hearn had been awarded $40,000 of that pool for completing Lighthouse:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=675585.msg7651302#msg7651302
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - In practice, Lighthouse saw limited adoption. It was used for some development bounties but never became a sustained funding mechanism.
What it demonstrated was narrower: that assurance contracts could be implemented on Bitcoin and actually function.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - In practice, Lighthouse saw limited adoption. It was used for some development bounties but never became a sustained funding mechanism.
What it demonstrated was narrower: that assurance contracts could be implemented on Bitcoin and actually function.
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