A Web3 developer recently shared a distressing incident of losing funds after inadvertently exposing his wallet keys on the developer platform GitHub.
On June 5, Brian Guan, one of the founders of the Web3 streaming app Unlonely, took to X to reveal that he had lost $40,000 due to making a repository on GitHub public without realizing that his secret keys were included in it.
When asked how quickly the funds were withdrawn, Guan mentioned that it only took two minutes for someone to access and withdraw the funds. Despite attempts to reach out to Guan for comments, Cointelegraph has not received a response yet.
The response from the crypto community was a mix of sympathy and criticism. Some members expressed support for Guan, while others pointed out his past comments about developers using OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, to write code.
In a previous post in 2023, Guan had criticized projects paying smart contract engineers $200,000, labeling them as “ngmi” or “not gonna make it.” He had also suggested that any competent developer should be able to write solidity code with the assistance of ChatGPT.
In light of this, a community member named Foobar created a parody post mocking Guan’s previous comments, suggesting that if someone is paying $200 for a hardware wallet, they are also “not gonna make it.” This stirred further controversy within the community.
Despite the backlash, a memecoin called Turbo, coded using ChatGPT by digital artist Rhett Mankind, saw a surge in prices on May 28, reaching a market capitalization of over $600 million. This success highlighted the potential of using AI like ChatGPT in the crypto space.
In conclusion, the incident involving Guan’s lost funds and the subsequent reactions from the crypto community underscore the evolving landscape of Web3 development and the role of AI in coding practices.