The alleged attacker Bitfinex has announced the draw for 1000 bitcoins

An anonymous Reddit user under the nickname rekcahxfb gave participants the bitcoin community a chance to get a large amount in bitcoins. The proposal was published in the topic in the subreddit /r/Bitcoin.

The amount of jackpot is 1,000 bitcoins, which at the time of writing is nearly $582 thousand. To participate in the drawing to all users, just putting your bitcoin address in the comments of the post. The winner will be "randomly" selected from a list of addresses provided by the users. Community members immediately suggested that the author of the proposal is a hacker recently hacked the Bitfinex team. This idea can hardly be considered groundless, since the nickname of the anonymous read the opposite as bfxhacker. According to some users, this course will allow the hacker to cover their tracks and get some sympathy from the community. Comment from discussion 1000 BTC Giveaway! From your friend rekcahxfb. However, some commentators have argued that specified in the subject purse is not related to the missing funds, and includes money passed through the mixers for three years prior to the attack. Comment from discussion 1000 BTC Giveaway! From your friend rekcahxfb. We will remind that on August 2 the Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex stopped all operations, explaining the security issues. As it turned out, the result of a hacker attack were kidnapped nearly 120 thousand bitcoins, which led to a sharp depreciation of cryptocurrencies at the moment traded at the rate of $ 570.89