Crypto spam bots go silent as Musk promises to prosecute scammers

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Crypto spam bots go silent as Musk promises to prosecute scammers
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Spam bots, you’re going to want to read this. Elon Musk has found a new strategy to eliminate crypto scam bots — and some say it's working.

Elon Musk's latest salvo in his war against crypto spam bots on Twitter appears to have made a real impact, with the crypto community reporting a vast reduction in the number of bots responding to their posts.

, the Twitter CEO hinted that “bots are in for a surprise tomorrow” and later explained that they've found a small number of people behind a large number of bot/troll accounts and the platform will be shutting down IP addresses of “known bad actors.”

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