Cryptocurrency mining pool AntPool is refunding $3 million, the largest transaction fee ever paid in dollars for Bitcoin.
“A user paid a gas fee of 83 BTC on November 23,” AntPool said. He made the following statement:
“AntPool’s risk control system temporarily froze this fee from transaction packets. Please contact us before 00:00 on December 10, 2023 (UTC+8) and verify your identity. AntPool will refund the transaction fee after verification.”
A Bitcoin user made a transaction last week. More than $3 million in transaction fees paid and made history. From the address with a balance of 139.42 BTC 55.77 BTC for a transfer 83.65 BTC transaction fee has been paid.
The transaction was mined by AntPool at block 818,087, but the mining pool has not made a statement on the issue until now.
The person who claimed to have paid this transaction fee opened an account named @83_5BTC on social media and said, “I created a new cold wallet, transferred 139 BTC to it and they were instantly transferred to another wallet.” he said and your wallet was hacked told.
To prove that the address belongs to him, the same user signed a blockchain message that was verified by Mononaut, the developer of Mempool. But this message Hackers who have already captured the address also sent it because it could happen AntPool performs an authentication It will be necessary.