Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.
The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.
No, with crypto, you have to do a bunch of research and hope that research leads you to the right one and hope that what you’ve read about that one is really true.
And the “do a bunch of research” part is a huge first hurdle. One I’m not quite sure why you can’t see as a hurdle.
If you are not willing to learn, you should not be in the space at all. You and or somebody you trust needs to do the research. Otherwise, you’re just shooting blindfolded and praying, and that’s no way to live.
Everybody in the world has adopted state currencies without doing any research. Now you are being given a choice, which is something humanity has never had. So yes, you have to do some research. I fully believe that the era of fiat currencies and government manipulation of currency is coming to a close. Gold is a useful currency, but not in modern times because you can’t transmit it over the internet, and it’s heavy to carry.
