Author: Our Crypto Talk
Editor: Jiahua, ChainCacther
In 2018, a guy lost $15,000 after his wallet was hacked. No fancy degree. No influential connections. No VC funding or government agency backing. Just an ordinary retail investor, like thousands of others, who got caught during the ICO boom.
Most people might have forever exited the crypto space in anger.
This guy opened a blockchain explorer and started tracking where his money went.
Seven years later, he was responsible for recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen funds, arresting scammers across multiple continents, exposing North Korea-backed hacking operations, and making every malicious actor in the industry think twice before transferring even a dollar on the chain.
His name? Unknown