Flash bitcoins is not a new scam, btc investment scammers use it to deceive their victims that they have sent bitcoins to their wallet. This scam only works on newbies who do not understand how the bitcoin network works. This scam tactic cannot be considered as a threat to bitcoin neither can it affect the value of bitcoin.

Flash bitcoin cannot affect the crypto market neither can it affect bitcoin in anyway. This is because it is the individual that wanted to buy bitcoin from scammers that it will affect since he didn't wait for the confirmation of the transaction to be successful before paying for the bitcoin.

Flash bitcoin is sent by scammers to their victim who doesn't understand how bitcoin works, maybe because he is eager to buy bitcoin. When bitcoin is sent to your wallet, it takes some time for it to be confirmed successfully, but doing the process of confirmation, the amount of bitcoin will reflect in your wallet partially. Which you will see it but at that moment, it is not yet in your wallet fully, and such bitcoin can still be diverted to another wallet when you use RBF.

It means the sender will double spend by creating the same transaction but will a higher transaction fee from the previous and that will make miners add this new transaction to be block chain for quick confirmation, than the first one. The moment it is done, the previous address will no longer receive that bitcoin because it has been diverted to another wallet with a high fee.

Only buy bitcoin from exchanges using p2p, if you don't trust or know the seller to avoid scam. You can use centralized exchange like Binance, if you don't care about your privacy, but if you care about your privacy, you can use a decentralized exchange like bisq to buy and sell your bitcoin.

Flash bitcoins are no threat to anyone who knew how bitcoin works. For the most part the only ones at risk here are newbies. also why the hell would you short bitcoin lol this shit has been on for quite some time already, if Flash bitcoins are going to cause a bitcoin crash it's not going to be anytime soon. It would've been years ago when they were first invented. Another one of these people who sensationalize shit that's not supposed to even scare the average investor. Perhaps try looking into blockchain websites and newsletters first before actually posting topics here? I don't know just seem a little redundant having these guys talk about stuff that's already in the past.

I doubt it is the bitcoin we know today, if it runs on the same blockchain. While I think it is a distinct and perhaps highly regulated entity, it is not a blockchain but a centralized management system. Now, I doubt that there is a currency that is more centralized than fiat, so what the OP is talking about is not a threat at all because we have long been used to it.

if you know how to check the transactions involved, you will understand if those bitcoins are fake or not. check the address in the blockchain, and see if it is indeed in the said address. only those who don't dig enough will be victims of this scam. though i haven't encountered about these so-called flash bitcoins. but it is not a threat as it won't affect the price in the market.