Ethereum User Burns Millions in ETH to Expose Alleged Brain Control Conspiracy
In a series of shocking and unprecedented transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, a user has not only burned over 600 ETH to send cryptic warnings about "brain control" but also donated millions in ETH to WikiLeaks, aiming to spread awareness about what they describe as sinister technological manipulations.
The saga began with the user burning 500 ETH, a sum equivalent to $1.38 million, to relay a message in Chinese at 6:39 a.m. UTC on Monday. The translated message accused the founders of Kuande Investment, a hedge fund known for its quantitative trading strategies, of employing "brain-machine weapons" against their employees. This act of burning ETH involves sending the cryptocurrency to a null address, where it becomes irretrievable, thus permanently removing it from circulation.
The messages, pictured below, translated says:
The president of Kuande Investment: Feng Xin and Xu Yuzhi used brain-computer weapons to persecute all company employees and former employees, and even they themselves were controlled.
As the brain-computer interface and mind-reading technology keeps developing, there is a new mode of crime in which wild animals become puppets or complete slaves to the digital machine.
there is a new mode of crime in which the victim is gradually deprived of his senses of desire until he becomes a complete slave to the digital machine, and if one day I become a victim of the final stage, I will leave the world.
A Series of Cryptic Messages and Large Donations
This isn't the first instance where this user has taken such drastic measures. Previous burns included 70.36 ETH on February 15 with warnings about brain-machine interfaces turning wildlife into machine slaves, and another 33.03 ETH on February 10, continuing the theme of mind control and technological tyranny.
Parallel to these burns, the user has made significant donations to WikiLeaks, a platform known for its role in disclosing controversial and secretive information. The total donation stands at 711.52 ETH, amounting to about $1.97 million. The latest donation was accompanied by a personal and desperate message from someone identifying as Hu Lezhi, who claimed to have been a victim of lifelong brain control. This message also expressed a grim wish for the destruction of what they described as an "ugly world."
The narrative doesn't stop there; another donation earlier that day warned about the widespread military use of brain-machine chips, suggesting a global scale of citizen control through advanced technology. These messages, embedded within significant cryptocurrency transactions, paint a picture of a person or group deeply concerned with the ethical implications of technology in surveillance and control.
The user's actions extend beyond burning and donating ETH. Over 1,238 ETH, equating to approximately $3.4 million, has been sent or donated to various addresses, suggesting a broader campaign or perhaps an individual deeply invested in using cryptocurrency's transparency to voice their concerns or theories.
This unusual case brings to light a deeply personal and alarming narrative of control, surveillance, and the potential misuse of technology. The messages left by the individual, who chose to burn millions in ETH, are clearly a desperate attempt to alert the world to what they perceive as a grave misuse of technological advancements.
The person behind these actions appears to be warning us of a dystopian reality where personal freedom is compromised by technologies like brain control devices, which they claim are already in use for nefarious purposes.