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A Chinese programmer who sent 711.5 Ether to WikiLeaks included a bizarre onchain message about his country’s military in the transfer.
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A pseudonymous programmer calling themselves “Hu Lezhi” donated $2 million worth of Ether to WikiLeaks with an onchain message claiming the Chinese military is using nano computer chips to control citizens.
“Brain-computer chips have been deployed militarically on a large scale. All military powers are using base stations, radios and nano-brain-computer chips to control all citizens,” Lezhi alleged in a translated Feb. 17 onchain message to the nonprofit media platform known for publishing leaked documents.
Lezhi also claims to have been a victim of brain-computer weapons since they were born.
“I have completely lost my dignity as a human being. I have decided to leave this world and hope that this ugly world will be destroyed soon.”
Lezhi’s onchain message also accused two hedge fund executives at Kuande Investment (known as WizardQuant), Feng Xin and Xu Yuzhi, of using similar “brain-computer weapons” to control their employees.
Cointelegraph reached out to WizardQuant but didn’t receive an immediate response.
Lezhi, who claims to be an “ordinary programmer,” first wrote to WikiLeaks on Feb. 10, warning them of a new mode of crime in which the victim becomes deprived of their senses until they become a “complete slave to the digital machine.”
Lezhi’s onchain messages to WikiLeaks. Source: Etherscan
The 711.5 Ether (ETH) sent to WikiLeaks came from five transfers between Feb. 10 and 17, the last of which accounted for 591.6 ETH — worth $1.6 million — on Feb. 17 at 7:13 am UTC.
Lezhi also sent 603 Ether — worth $1.65 million — to Ethereum’s burn address, with some of the same onchain messages sent to WikiLeaks.
They also sent 700 Ether to the “ndao.eth” wallet address and 33 Ether to an unknown ”Grant Provider” address.
In total, 2,047 Ether were transferred, amounting to nearly $5.6 million.
Lezhi hasn’t transferred any more funds from the Ethereum address “0x1a19” since then.
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WizardQuant was founded in 2014, has offices in Shanghai and Beijing and employs somewhere between 51-200 people, LinkedIn data shows.
The company uses a range of quantitative investment strategies to assist its research and trading in the stock, futures and options markets.
Xin is a co-founder and the chief risk officer at WizardQuant, while Yuzhi serves as chief investment officer.
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