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RE: ALERT - Openledger Has Locked up Steem and SBD
Oh yes, utter bullshit.
we cannot assist you with this issue.
It's sickening and very upsetting. The types who pull this kind of scam are scum of the earth. It literally turns my stomach. People are busting their asses to get by, and meanwhile we have to worry about being scammed around every corner of the internet.
Luckily I did not have any funds in there, but my heart goes out to those who are getting robbed.
Word.
This type of thing gives the whole crypto cummunity a bad image. Those of us who want to see long term success here know that we need some level of acceptance adoption by the general public but that will never happen with this kind of stuff going on.
Indeed, this definitely has a negative impact with people looking to get involved with crypto.
On a positive note, (and it's still not really positive at all) this tends to happen with 3rd party handlers of crypto more often than not, and not directly on chains. Steem has a good reputation at this point with being an environment where you can confidently know your funds are safe as long as your keys are safe (I tell everyone to never keep the master password on an internet connected machine, and keep a few backups, because master key can change all keys, and is the only key with this authority. Phishing attempts happen and get people sometimes.)
This is why I don't keep any funds on exchanges, and really, I am all Steem anyway, so.. No interest in exchanges except for maybe some low level trading in the future.