$11 Million in Bitcoin Has Been Stolen Over the Last Four Years
Did you know that approximately $11 million in bitcoins have been stolen since the year 2011? I had a hard time believing it myself, but according to researchers, that's exactly what's happened, and about 13,000 people have fallen victim to an estimated 42 different bitcoin scams over the past four years. Co-author of the research, Marie Vasek explains: "There are a lot of scams that we couldn't measure at all. There were scams we couldn't find or verify... We think presenting our findings as they are, a lower bound, makes a lot of room for us and others to further quantify scams in this....
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