There are users who intentionally went around claiming typo names so they could return the funds in the event this happened. I wonder if these accounts were one of them?
I think @fuzzy may know more.
unfortunately i do not know on this one. what i did early on was try to get accounts on bitshares for people who sacrificed a great deal for the project and had some level of reputation in the community i did this in hopes of "benevolently" squatting on them and giving them to those to whom they should belong. i did this because the last thing i wanted was for many who were basically poor from volunteering for bts (instead of working another job as a secret bts holder and stacking) being charged outrageous sums for an account name i thought a person deserved.
however, it was not long after i went and did this that it was made public that names would be nontransferrable.
that was on the 1.0 wallet though and i have since stopped using it and even asked riverhead to separate all those accounts from my wallet. if any of those accounts have ever received funding i do not know to be honest.
hmm... okay maybe it wasn't you, but damnit i know this was a thing. I distinctly remember reading a post where somebody benefited from it
@CLains was it you maybe?
Indeed, *puts on monocle*
I chanced upon the reverse squat white hat trick with bternames, as you may recall from this
old post.
Unfortunately I don't have any other ones.
Gentlemen,
*tips fedora*