{"id":8881,"date":"2021-06-28T21:54:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/mysterious-john-mcafee-website-appears-for-two-days-whackd-token-climbs-over-700\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T21:54:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:54:18","slug":"mysterious-john-mcafee-website-appears-for-two-days-whackd-token-climbs-over-700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/mysterious-john-mcafee-website-appears-for-two-days-whackd-token-climbs-over-700\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious John McAfee Website Appears for Two Days \u2014 Whackd Token Climbs Over 700%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the death of the former antivirus tycoon John McAfee, an ERC20 token called whackd (WHACKD) has seen its valuation rise significantly. Three days ago, the Ethereum-based coin was swapping for less than a U.S. penny, but then the token skyrocketed by 733% reaching over $0.07 per unit. Moreover, four days ago, a mysterious website showcasing the whackd token popped up on the internet alluding to McAfee\u2019s alleged \u201ccontingency plan\u201d with a countdown timer. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mysterious McAfee Contingency Plan Website Appears on the Web Leading People to the Whackd Token Contract<\/h2>\n

John McAfee\u2019s reported suicide has sparked a lot of interesting theories and stories during the last few days. McAfee was found dead<\/a> on June 23, 2021, and the Catalan justice department in Spain told the press that \u201ceverything pointed to suicide.\u201d However, McAfee\u2019s widow Janice and John\u2019s close associates have stressed to the media that the 75-year old McAfee was not suicidal.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, interesting theories and stories starting appearing on the internet, as some people have speculated on a dead man\u2019s switch theory<\/a>. Additionally, reports<\/a> have also connected McAfee to a secret bitcoin mining farm dubbed the Spanish \u201cghost hotel.\u201d Following McAfee\u2019s death and the droves of wild theories, a website appeared on the internet for a brief period of time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The website was called britbonglogpost.com and people had managed to archive the page before it disappeared. Currently, the domain gives a user a server error, but looking at the archived page<\/a> on archive.org shows a pop-art drawing of John McAfee and a countdown timer. The text on the page says: \u201cContingency plan activated. Something big is coming.\u201d The text is written above the timer, which was counting down roughly 28 days to reveal something.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Under the timer, there\u2019s an Etherscan address to the whackd (WHACKD)<\/a> token contract McAfee announced<\/a> on November 11, 2019. The token is an ERC20 coin that was launched on the McAfee Dex platform for trading. Etherscan shows there\u2019s currently a max supply of 790,184,970 whackd among 30,587 whackd holders. Under the britbonglogpost.com\u2019s Etherscan URL highlighted in neon green, the website also says:<\/p>\n

All the right people are scared. They should be.<\/p>\n

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Whackd Token Skyrockets More Than 700% This Week, Phony Whackd ERC20 Tokens Appear<\/h2>\n

McAfee told the crypto community about the whackd token on various occasions. When McAfee revealed the whackd ERC20, the advertisement featured a picture of Hillary Clinton. Whackd is meant to be deflationary and burn tokens as transactions are spent. \u201c10% of all transactions will be burned (WHACKD!) + 1 out of 1000 transactions will be burned (WHACKD!),\u201d the coin\u2019s ad said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The joke behind the whackd token is tied to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and his alleged suicide. Following the launch of whackd, McAfee revealed an \u201cEpstein Didn\u2019t Kill Himself\u201d contest, and he said the competition\u2019s winners would get 10% of the coin\u2019s supply at the time. Then a few weeks later on December 1, 2019, McAfee shared the fact that he got a tattoo of the text \u201c$WHACKD\u201d on his arm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The whackd token didn\u2019t really get much attention back in 2019 and the following year. The price of WHACKD was trading for less than a penny on June 24, 2021, but the following day, McAfee\u2019s coin surged by 733% and reached an all-time high (ATH) of $0.075 per unit<\/a>. Since the ATH, the coin\u2019s value has shed more than 46% and it currently is changing hands for $0.04 per unit. During the last 24 hours, the whackd token has seen $2.4 million in global trade volume on Uniswap.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, in addition to the legitimate whackd (WHACKD)<\/a> token launched by McAfee, a number of scam tokens stemming from Ethereum and the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) have appeared on Uniswap, Pancakeswap, and advertised on forums. Originally, the real whackd token was only available via the McAfee Dex platform. However, at the time of writing, the McAfee Dex web portal doesn\u2019t work and leaves redirect links to other McAfee web-related domains.<\/p>\n

Anyone trading the whackd token should very cautious and double-check the legitimate contract address. Traders need to understand there\u2019s a lot of copycat ERC20s with the same \u201cwhackd\u201d token name being used to scam people. While investigating this subject, Bitcoin.com News traversed upon three phony whackd tokens issued on ETH<\/a> and BSC and four scam ads published by anons on Reddit.<\/p>\n

What do you think about the mysterious website appearing on the internet and the recent whackd token rise? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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