Bitcoin’s Biggest Hack In History: 184.4 Billion Bitcoin from Thin Air

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On Aug. 15 2010, an unknown hacker nearly destroyed Bitcoin. The hacker generated 184.467 billion Bitcoin out of thin air in what has become known as the <a href="https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Value_overflow_incident" target="_blank">Value Overflow Incident</a>.