Since no one mentioned it - this seems to be a major and real problem in the crypto job space. In their job market it's more believable that a 'stealth startup' is reaching out and doing a code challenge from an unfamiliar email or repo, and crypto devs are likely to have a wallet or passwords accessible on their system. They are willing to go above and beyond the regular spam or AI conversations to get access.

Yes, I got targeted too: https://blog.denv.it/posts/i-was-likely-targeted-by-dprk-in-...

(Don't work in crypto, but there's a crypto company with the same name as the one I work at)

Also, to be into cryptocurrency, you kind of have to be gullible to begin with.

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