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• @laurashin Laura Shin on x

  EXCLUSIVE: With the publication of my book today, I can finally announce: in the course of writing my book, my sources and I believe we uncovered the identity of the Ethereum's 2016 DAO hacker.

• @laurashin Laura Shin on x

  I've published an article on Forbes revealing this person's identity:https://www.forbes.com/ ... I also unveil their identity on today's episode of @Unchained_pod, which also features an interview by @Steven_Ehrlich of @ForbesCrypto with me about the findings:

• @hackingbutlegal Jackie Singh on x

  “Now that it's known that Chainalysis has this capability [to demix this Bitcoin mixer], anyone who has used a Wasabi CoinJoin for nefarious purposes is likely looking over their shoulder” https://twitter.com/...

• @chrjentzsch Christoph Jentzsch on x

  In 2016, after the TheDAO hard fork, I was relieved and thought that this chapter of my life is finally over. Turns out: On public chains, no story is ever finally over https://twitter.com/... Short thread 🧵 1/4

• @digitalassetbuy @digitalassetbuy on x

  There's one thing much more interesting than who the DAO hacker was. Why have none of the Ethereum founders or law enforcement gone after him to this day? If @laurashin knows they knew. https://twitter.com/...

• @defi_dad @defi_dad on x

  What an epic book release 💪 https://twitter.com/...

• @thebitfi @thebitfi on x

  “Using a capability that is being disclosed here for the first time, Chainalysis de-mixed the Wasabi transactions and tracked their output to four exchanges.” https://www.forbes.com/...

• @carnage4life @carnage4life on x

  In 2016, losing $50M in tokens due to vulnerabilities in smart contracts was enough to fork the blockchain. Now that's every other week. SEC also ruled The DAO's tokens were securities. It's impressive how little we've learned since 2016. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

• @carnage4life @carnage4life on x

  One thing lost to the current generation of web3 boosters is that the very first DAO had a third of its funds stolen due to vulnerabilities in the code. This led to the Ethereum blockchain being forked to get around the truth is on the blockchain. DAOs been failing since day one …

• @laurashin Laura Shin on x

  Thank you for the kudos today about my investigation. This happened due to a Rube-Goldberg-like chain of events starting with @avsa, with a major assist by @Coinfirm_io and finally the crucial capabilities of @chainalysis. Thank you to these sources! https://www.forbes.com/...

• @gabusch @gabusch on x

  Amazing reporting from @laurashin on uncovering the suspect behind the DAO hack in 2016. https://twitter.com/...

• @chainalysis @chainalysis on x

  Congrats to @laurashin on her new book & reporting into the alleged hacker behind the 2016 DAO attack. This is yet another example of evidence preserved on the blockchain forever. Confirming we helped trace funds despite the attacker's attempts to cover his tracks w/ mixers https…

• @lawmaster Larry Cermak on x

  When I had dinner with Toby in Singapore a couple of years ago, he seemed like a really cool guy. But then afterward, he rode off on one of these guys and I instantly knew something was wrong https://twitter.com/...

• @lawmaster Larry Cermak on x

  In her investigation, Laura alleges that the DAO hacker is Toby Hoenisch, ex-CEO of a failed ICO TenX. Seems to have messed up by using his IP address without VPN and his username for his lightning and grin nodes. Wild if true https://twitter.com/...

• @janetnovack Janet Novack on x

  Blockchain technology has gone mainstream. But as new applications arise, one of the first uses of #crypto—as an anonymity shield—is in retreat. @forbes @ForbesCrypto @LauraShin https://www.forbes.com/...

• @mayazi Maya Zehavi on x

  Big if true!! ⁦@laurashin⁩ claims the Tenex founder is the DAO hacker https://www.forbes.com/...