An Inside Look at the Token Reseller Market
At first it was free-credit abuse, where users spun up accounts en masse. I started talking to friends about it and hearing stories of companies losing millions of dollars to abuse each day. The abuse took a number of different shapes, and the abusers were relentless.
- ▪At first it was free-credit abuse, where users spun up accounts en masse.
- ▪I started talking to friends about it and hearing stories of companies losing millions of dollars to abuse each day.
- ▪The abuse took a number of different shapes, and the abusers were relentless.
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