In October last year, an unknown called the police and reported that investor and opponent of the project for scaling Bitcoin 2x Jameson Lopp shot someone in his house and took hostages. The caller added that the entrepreneur requires 60 thousand dollars. And only after the receipt of this amount is ready to release the hostages.
To the house of Lopp arrived special forces began to storm the building. The entrepreneur, who at the time was not at home, managed to convince the police that the call was about.
Now Lopp announced a reward in the amount of 100 thousand dollars for information that will help to find the author's call. He thinks about the call is connected with its position at the SegWit2x writes .
Developed by BitGo and Creator statoshi.info wrote about the award on his Twitter. Lopp believes that a false accusation could be unpredictable and extremely negative consequences. This is especially true if at the time of the call, he was home.
The Publication notes that the entrepreneur has raised the reward twice — once after the incident he has offered 50 thousand dollars for information about the offender.
Lopp spoke about another problem — according to him, non-transparent law enforcement system gives any person the ability to use COP to their advantage — and this situation is "definitely a concern". Find bully? Share your thoughts to .
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