No, Vitalik Buterin is not giving away free Ether – scammers are taking yours

Feb01

by Sindy Cator on February 1, 2018 at 5:19 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, hardfork

You might want to reconsider your cryptocurrency investment strategy if you were hoping that sending a couple of hundred dollars worth of Ethereum to its founder Vitalik Buterin can increase your portfolio ten-fold. Quite the opposite: Scammers might be out to empty your pockets. Earlier today Buterin posted this somewhat obscure message on Twitter: If you send me 0.1 ETH, I will send you nothing, because I am too lazy. — Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) February 1, 2018 But while it might seem harmless, sly internet con artists were swift to take advantage of this situation and turn it into an…