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If you're developing a FOSS project, be aware of cryptobros trying to PR a tea.yml into it. (connortumbleson.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yet another "brilliant" scheme from a cryptobro. Naturally this caused a gold-rush for scammers who outsourced random people via the gig economy to open PRs for this yml file (example)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Btw, "cryptobro" is a sexist term that excludes women.

I'm usually that person getting downvoted for insisting on inclusive language so I totally get you, but girl I've never met a cryptobro who wasn't a man.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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[+] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Technically not a cryptosis as onecoin wasn't a cryptocurrency, that was part of the scam.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There's two kinds of crypto scams: Ones that actually involve crypto and ones that don't.

Vague, possibly impossible to implement promises about proposed future functionality are an integral part of the crypto sphere!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Fair perspective. It is a scam happing in the crypto sphere but that doesn't necessarily make her a cryptosis. I mean, it comes down to what makes a cryptosis a cryptosis, acting in the crypto sphere or believing in crypto or holding crypto?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Damn, OneCoin was bad. Ruja Ignatova was the first crypto scammer I've seen talked about in national news and she was also made fun of in a news comedy show over here. A true scam pioneer.