pretty sure someone did. They were tracking their coins in an MS Access database or something like that, and when they needed to mine more, it just meant adding some more rows in the database
Lady Bracknell: I've always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything, or nothing. Which do you know?
Earnest: I know nothing, Lady Bracknell.
Lady Bracknell: I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate, exotic fruit. Touch it, and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.
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[ 18.7 ms ] story [ 745 ms ] threadWhen will I become rich?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin
There's a nice podcast about the scam and the ongoing search for its key promoter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07nkd84
Note: it's funny because zero-knowledge proofs are hard to understand, and there is an enormous landscape of them.
Earnest: I know nothing, Lady Bracknell.
Lady Bracknell: I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate, exotic fruit. Touch it, and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQQAa6AARc
Lady Bracknell: A handbag??!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyuoUwxCLMs
(Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)
“What is a mania without some tulips”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOdU8FX6J1M