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Proton Mail Auctioning Rare 'X' Username for Charity, Current Bid as of Posting is $50,000,000USD [Update: $15,000USD] (www.ebid.net)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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Looking through the history looks a bit suspicious. Even if the questionable bids were removed, it’s still likely to be 100k+ for the username!

Edit: Closer to $15k right now lol.

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[-] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Elon is bidding on it against his own alt accounts. There's no way anyone else gets it.

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