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A cryptocurrency co-founder was assaulted in Bangkok while traveling there to attend the ethereum Devcon 2024 conference.
Haichao Zhu, co-founder of bitcoin app Rooch Network, urged ethereum Devcon attendees to exercise caution on a Nov. 5 x. x.com/HaichaoZ/status/1853605111135920395″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>mail after being robbed at knifepoint in Bangkok, Thailand.
According to Zhu, he was attacked while traveling alone after arriving in Bangkok late at night. The attackers stole his phone and left a small scratch on his hand.
Zhu was unharmed, but expressed his disappointment with the local police response and shared that he spent the entire night at the police station with no resolution.
In his warning, Zhu urged other Devcon attendees to remain alert, especially after dark, adding that “Bangkok is still a safe and fun place like all other places, you have to be careful in the dark.”
Jole Star, the second co-founder of Rooch Network, mentioned in a separate x x.com/jolestar/status/1853675924392378870″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>mail that he and Haichao Zhu would go to local stores near the crime scene to review surveillance footage, although he acknowledged that it might be difficult to identify the attackers.
He also advised attendees to avoid going out alone at night and avoid using their phones while walking to minimize risk.
ethereum Devcon is the ethereum Foundation's largest annual meeting, and the seventh edition of the conference will begin on November 12 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok.
The event will be attended by key figures such as ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ethereum Foundation CEO Aya Miyaguchi, and former Secretary of Portugal Bruno Macaes, among other prominent leaders in decentralized technology.
Far from being an isolated event, a similar attack occurred during the July ethereum Community Conference in Brussels. Rishant Kumar, Head of Growth at Kilt Protocol and conference attendee, x.com/Officially_Rish/status/1810631247691235723″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>warned of “thugs targeting crypto people,” recounting his own experience fending off an attacker.
A worrying trend has emerged this year, with several theft attempts targeting people with connections to cryptocurrency. In August, eleven Israeli tourists were attacked and robbed of $700,000 in bitcoin.
Just a month earlier, a 29-year-old man was killed after attackers forced him to transfer almost 3 Bitcoins.
