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Weirdest Bitcoin Heist Yet? OP_RETURN Targets Dormant Wallets

An obscure firm using the storied "Salomon Brothers" name has ignited one of Bitcoin's strangest ownership fights to date: a mass "dusting" campaign that blasted tens of thousands of legacy wallets with on-chain "legal notices" embedded in OP_RETURN messages. In a detailed forensic study, Galaxy Research links the messages to a coordinated attempt that may [...]

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