At the height of the pandemic, Axie Infinity wasn’t just a game — it was a lifeline. In the Philippines, thousands of players earned a real living by battling cartoon monsters on the blockchain. But behind the scenes, cracks were forming in the game's foundation. In this episode of Proof of Stake, we trace the rise and fall of the world’s most popular play-to-earn game. From a viral sensation powering household incomes in Southeast Asia to a devastating $625 million bridge hack allegedly tied...
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At the height of the pandemic, Axie Infinity wasn’t just a game — it was a lifeline. In the Philippines, thousands of players earned a real living by battling cartoon monsters on the blockchain. But behind the scenes, cracks were forming in the game's foundation. In this episode of Proof of Stake, we trace the rise and fall of the world’s most popular play-to-earn game. From a viral sensation powering household incomes in Southeast Asia to a devastating $625 million bridge hack allegedly tied...
The Ethereum Heist: The Hack That Split a Blockchain in Two
Proof of Stake - Stories Behind Crypto
29 minutes
7 months ago
The Ethereum Heist: The Hack That Split a Blockchain in Two
In 2016, a mysterious attacker siphoned $60 million in Ether from The DAO—a revolutionary decentralized investment fund. What followed was a moment of reckoning for Ethereum: Should they stand by the code, or rewrite history to save the network? This is the story of the biggest hack in Ethereum’s early history—how it happened, the ideological war it unleashed, and the controversial fork that created two rival chains: Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. Was the hacker a thief—or just following the ...
Proof of Stake - Stories Behind Crypto
At the height of the pandemic, Axie Infinity wasn’t just a game — it was a lifeline. In the Philippines, thousands of players earned a real living by battling cartoon monsters on the blockchain. But behind the scenes, cracks were forming in the game's foundation. In this episode of Proof of Stake, we trace the rise and fall of the world’s most popular play-to-earn game. From a viral sensation powering household incomes in Southeast Asia to a devastating $625 million bridge hack allegedly tied...
