Update: Aug. 17 2014: As you can see in our wallet, We have got most NXT back except the last 8m. The hacker disappeared again before we finish the new deal with him. We are still working on it for the left 8m. Will keep you updated.
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Hello everyone,
I won't repeat all the regrets we have and I just let you know the thee solution we can do:
1)
Another 200 BTC offer to the hacker from Bter to get back the left 46m NXT
2)
310 BTC bounty (including the 110 BTC we sent to the hacker already) from Bter for hunting him
3)
Fork using Jean-Luc 's v1.2.5f at
https://nxtforum.org/nrs-releases/nrs-v1-2-5f/we cover users loss and promise to invest 200 BTC on NXT if this fork win
In new fork the hacked account is blocked so he won't dump any NXT to anywhere.
We have to win the 1.2.5 network before block 213000. Now 1.2.5 is at 211035, 1.2.5f is at 210440 .
If we win, Jean-Luc will integrate it into the main release.Please check Jean-Luc's explanation on this fork at:
https://nxtforum.org/index.php?topic=4444.msg84391#msg84391You don't have to choose one of them.
In the first place, if the hacker agree we can do the first solution and give him 200 BTC for the left NXT.
If not, people who catches him get the 310 BTC bounty if we stay on 1.2.5 network
Fork is an option. We can call off it if one of the first two works, but we have to do it now if we want to win.
I encourage everyone to run the 1.2.5f now to make sure we still have a choice if the first 2 solutions wouldn't work.Hacker, if you want to take the 200BTC deal, please send us NXT messages. We can do it 20 by 20 this time but you go first. Or we can do is with escrow by Come-from-Beyond or someone we can all trust.
Come-from-Beyond, would you please post a escrow NXT address you hold for receiving the hacker's NXT? We will send him 200 BTC when you get the 46M NXT. You can return all the NXT back to him if we failed to do it.
If you 1.2.5f doesn't sync, use this trick:
edit this file:
nxt/conf/nxt-default.properties
find
maxNumberOfConnectedPublicPeers
set it to 1000 or more so that you can see all the nodes
We need NXT coders for the next release. Please contact us if you are and willing to help. Best,
Lin @ Bter