Exclusive: Crypto’s Biggest Whodunnit: Who Was Behind the 2016 DAO Attack on Ethereum? - Ep.322

While researching for my book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze, I found evidence that I believe resolves the biggest whodunnit in crypto: who hacked The DAO? This podcast is coming out in conjunction with an article in Forbes revealing the prime suspect’s identity. 
 
Part 1: Who Attacked the DAO? Here’s the Evidence
To document the process of finding the alleged attacker, I wrote an article for Forbes, with which I opened the podcast. In it, I reveal 
who, evidence indicates, attacked the DAO
how my sources and I uncovered this person’s identity
how a previously undisclosed technical capability by Chainalysis helped my sources and I identify the alleged hacker 
 
Part 2: Contextualizing the DAO Attack
Forbes’s Steven Ehrlich comes onto the pod to interview me about finding the DAO attacker. Topics
what is The DAO, and why is it important? 
who are the key players in The DAO’s story
how the attacker pulled off the hack
what legal questions surrounded the hack
why finding the attacker is important
the legal implications of identifying the attacker
what Laura’s interactions have been with the suspect
what the future of DAOs may hold
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Episode Links
 
Laura Shin
https://twitter.com/laurashin
 
The Cryptopians

http://bit.ly/cryptopians 
On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency/dp/1541763017/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645037311&sr=8-2

On Barnes. &. Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cryptopians-laura-shin/1138980345?ean=9781541763012 
On Bookshop.org:  https://bookshop.org/books/the-cryptopians-idealism-greed-lies-and-the-making-of-the-first-big-cryptocurrency-craze/9781541763012

 
Steven Ehrlich

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/?sh=fb976542ce44 

https://twitter.com/Steven_Ehrlich 

https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbescryptoassetadvisor/ 
 
The DAO Hack
https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2016/06/25/understanding-the-dao-attack/
https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/the-dao-hack-makerdao
https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-matthew-leising-confronted-his-suspects-in-the-dao-attacks/

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