Bitcoin posted at 0 dollars, he tries to buy 20 trillion

Left to try a shot of poker as much as the game is worth the candle. This must have been an unidentified Japanese when he tried to become the richest man in the world ... thanks to Bitcoins. And do not think he just tried to beat Jeff Bezos and his $ 110 billion ... no, he tried to get more money than the US debt is worth.

Logically, it did not work. But the information quickly made the turn of fans of cryptocurrency because the sum was mind-blowing ... for many reasons.

A bug on the Zaif platform showed Bitcoin at $ 0

It all started because of a bug on the platform Zaif, Japanese platform for buying and selling cryptocurrencies. For nearly 20 minutes, on February 16, 2018, the site displayed a Bitcoin price which, fortunately for those who hold this cryptocurrency, was wrong: Bitcoin could be bought for $ 0.

The bug has been solved but Tech bureau Corp, which owns the Zaif platform, is now under investigation by Japanese financial services who want to ensure the security of the platform. Japan is one of the countries most fond of cryptocurrency with a third of global transactions in its territory. In addition, this bug occurs only a few weeks after a major hacking against the Coincheck platform in which the equivalent of 400 million dollars of cryptocurrency was stolen.

A user tried to sell $ 20 trillion worth of Bitcoins

A bug that lasts 20 minutes on this type of platform is very long and some clever have been able to enjoy it without Zaif has publicly communicated on the subject. But one user tried it all: he bought $ 20 trillion worth of Bitcoins, which he then tried to sell to get the money back.

Questioned by Gizmodo on February 20, 2018, the Zaif platform did not respond to this trillion case of Bitcoins. Difficult in any case to believe that the little clever has succeeded: the set of Bitcoins in circulation worth a little more than 183 billion dollars ... to sell for 20 trillion is therefore mathematically impossible.