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NEAR Protocol, a prominent player in the cryptocurrency space, recently staged a fake hack as a marketing stunt. The move has garnered significant attention and mixed reactions from the community. While some found the content amusing and engaging, others criticized it as a poor marketing strategy that could have serious security implications. The incident has sparked a debate about the ethics and effectiveness of such tactics in the crypto industry. Despite the controversy, the stunt has succeeded in making NEAR Protocol a topic of widespread discussion.
Interesting post from @NEARProtocol's Head of Campaigns explaining his thought process behind the recent marketing stunt (the one where they pretended to be hacked): https://t.co/Idptuc19OE
A crypto project that pretended to be hacked caught a lot of criticism, but there's one way the ploy was successful: Everyone's talking about it, @emilyjnicolle writes in the @crypto newsletter https://t.co/sxqeIPyzT7
What does @NEARProtocol's "hack" (AKA weird marketing stunt) have in common with a 1987 broadcast TV hijacker in Chicago? Superficially, a whole lot, writes @realDannyNelson https://t.co/FhMY9DhiGe
