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Bitcoin Gold

$70K stolenThursday, January 23, 2020 · 2398 days ago

Corpus updated 2026-08-17

Other recorded incidents at Bitcoin Gold

DefiLlama records 2 separate incidents under this name. Each has its own page.

Bitcoin Gold — 2018
Bitcoin Gold$18.0M

Situation Summary

1/23/2020 — EXPLOIT DETECTED

$70K drained from Bitcoin Gold on Bitcoin Gold.

TECHNIQUE: VALIDATOR KEY COMPROMISED

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