Predictably, a lot of comments show little sympathy for said dev. However...

1. The bigger story to me is how he needs the help of an agency that might have less expertise in the matter than he does.

1. Or if he is not telling the whole story of the hack to protect himself from nefarious actions.

An exchange will have no choice but to halt withdrawals if they don't actually have the coin. The mismatch is that the exchanges are executing trades for coin that they don't have (in Binance's case, x to USDC), they can't honor the withdrawal of said coin immediately since there is a lag in settling the contract, or something even more complex than this simple explanation. Supposedly...

From the NYT article referenced in the link:

"Several people familiar with the investigation said the speed with which the authorities moved in filing criminal and civil charges was an indication that prosecutors and regulators had received information from cooperating witnesses."

Remember that Caroline was seen in New York recently...

How is it that SBF is still allowed to live in the FTX-owned penthouse?

Damn! 400K+! I must've joined /. before you were born!

Damn, you guys outed me!

My first comment in years (check my ID# vs yours), and I get slammed! I luv /.

Donâ(TM)t worry. We donâ(TM)t care that you donâ(TM)t.

No it doesn't. You are at a cafe that has microphones installed at the tables for voice-activated ordering. That infrastructure, along with the GPS data that is constantly tracking you, pinpoints you...

Okay, I'll bite. Do you really think he has amassed all his wealth through dumb fucking luck? Or all VCs for that matter?

Agreed. But it would be interesting to find out how they came up with 9x3000 + the leftover. Do they try to limit dividing divisible property to 10 blocks?

Really? It's a filtering mechanism based on some assumptions as to what the final bids will be. I don't see anything anti-democratic about it. As Rick Masters said:

"The fact is that if you can't come up with the front money you're not for real."

That's a feature, not a bug :P

I'm assuming that there will be no active investigation of GitHub unless Horvath files a lawsuit. To me, I'm curious about the liability of the company because of TPW's wife's actions (IF TRUE). From :

"She says that the wife of the founder continued to show up at the office, sit next to her and “glare” at her for extended periods of time “as if trying to provoke a reaction.”

and...

"HR eventually asked the wife to not be on the same floor as Horvath. But according to Horvath’s recount, “she continued to find her way in and plant herself right next to wherever I was working.” This continued until her exit from the firm this past Thursday."

Private conversations are going to come down to she-said-she-said, but what about this psycho behavior? GitHub has to be at fault for SOMETHING here...

Actually, I was thinking the opposite:

If I were NOT him, how could I parlay this into something worth my while? Grant an exclusive interview for $100k stating beforehand that I am NOT him so there are no misconceptions? Pose in Playgirl? What? He might as well try to turn lemons into lemonade...