It seems to be a desperate attempt by Bitfinex to get at least part of the funds back. But I doubt it will work, because the hacker would have to trust Bitfinex that he is not exposed to risk of identification. Even if Bitfinex enters a deal with the hacker this won't stop the ongoing investigations by law enforcement.
But first of all it's questionable in the first place that the hacker has any motivation to make a deal, because he may have already washed all his coins and has zero problems spending them.

The whole announcement might even be a red herring, assuming that the alleged "hack" was an inside job by the Bitfinex operators...

ya.ya.yo!

Last time when hacker was trying to communicate with bitfinex and reach an agreeable amount they didn't give enough attention and now they seeking to communicate again.

I don't think hacker will again keep wasting time, it was suggested before also bitfinex to be a little bit flexible with hacker to get atleast half of the users funds securely which may atleast limit losses of users but they don't care that much that time. Now they are being desperate  

What could be the agreeable percentage between hacker and bitfinex to settle this down, how much flexible will be bitfinex this time?
I think they may not offer more than 10%.

Of course,the thief is possibly enjoying his loot,why he should returned.  

I do not know if the report is correct, or they just giving a false hope to their angry clients.This is a big breach amounting to $70 millions.There should be a strenuous investigations and let the perpetrators face their wrongdoings.

Is there a possibility that it is an inside job?

I don't think hackers can't use those stolen bitcoins because there are many bitcoin mixing services even in darkwebs which they can use so that their bitcoin addresses can't be detected by any services afterwards. And looking at how they have easily got access to bitfinex funds, i am quite sure they have already exchanged some of those hacked bitcoin somehow by now but i also doubt them being able to exchange all of those.

There's no harm in trying. Bitfinex are trying to show that they're doing all they can to get the users' money back.

Chances are slim, but it's better than doing nothing. The hacker surely can mix all that bitcoins eventually, but he'll have a hard time laundering the money. If the "bounty" is high enough and if Bitfinex agrees not to press any charges, the offer could be very attractive to the hacker.

From the article:


Are these addresses publically known? Have the coins moved since the hack?

I think this is a good questions so that we can check on blockchain where those bitcoins go and where it is re-deposited. How much is left,or the bitfenx is telling the truth. Hope they will reveal the address.

This is strange. I mean talking to the person who robbed you, literaly. What would be the point, asking to pay the stolen money back? I don't think this would work. And if the company is comunicating with this person then they now who this person is, or at least they have some of the data. Why don't they reveal that to the police or something?

That is a very interesting turn of events. But before knowing that the owner was going through a divorce, many of us from the community have already been thinking that an inside job is very much possible considering that they were using multi-sigs and other security measures. Only a person who has inside knowledge and access would be able to touch those Bitcoins.


Then the affected users have every right to get the authorities involved. People with criminal minds should not be allowed to get away with their exploits.

haha, this is pretty funny.
it is as if they are talking in front of a mirror because i bet there were no hack ever, and they did all of that themselves. 70 million dollar is not a small amount after all.

It really seems impossible for them to ever make contact with the guy, and chances are they never will. We're going to at best see a minor statement regarding this in the future, but it will never come from the hacker himself. Chances are that guy is long-gone and they aren't going to be finding him anytime soon, unless he gets cocky and exposes himself either online or in real life. It might just be a waiting game.