There are several possibilities. Here are four off the top of my head: (1) The "evil" had second thoughts and returned the money for one reason or another. I'm not sure why he'd return more than he stole since he was likely going to get away with it. (2) A white hat hacker took the money to force the CSS team to clean up their OPSEC and custody. He was always going to return it so once the message was relayed and the CSS community began a respond, he returned the funds. Why the extra 21 XMR? IMO, he was able to profit from the borrowing, possibly by taking advantage of the BTC pump (as his white hat hacker fee) and gave some of his gains back. (3) An insider "borrowed" the money, either for the white hacker reasons or take advantage of the BTC pump. The 21 XMR has the same meaning. (4) A BTC whale benefactor benefited from the pump but loves Monero and wants it not to suffer from the hack, so he gave his profits plus a 21 XMR hint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I have three possibly theories about the "21".

The white hat is implying, “Windows 10? A nice OS. So you’re going to use Windows 11 soon? Well, this is what happens when you’re on Win 10 or 11.”
The white hat likes the digits 69, thinking it looks sexy.
There was a boat accident, and the hacker accidentally hit the wrong keys.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Wouldn't be surprised if the hack was only done to gather attention for the sub-par state of the CCS wallet management, and neither for profit nor to cause harm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I dont frequent the IRC channels so i'm curious about the speculation

[–] ShitOnABrick 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Don't use monero. Only heard of it from mental outlaw. But this is some nice genuinely wholesome news.all the luck

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why don't use monero?

[–] pensivepangolin 11 points 11 months ago

I think he’s saying he doesn’t use it himself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Either way, enjoy the windfall! Love to see it getting funded. Long live Monero!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you anon. Good work.