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A reminder that this cannot falsify the existence of an exploit, trivial or otherwise.

It can only show you if someone has used an exploit against this server.

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It cannot even show that. The server can lie (trivially).

The block chain can't though once the coins are transferred

That assumes the key is actually on the server.

I assume even if it isn't, attacker could deface the website so heavily everyone would know they win.

The server could simply be running a patched PHP.

Sure. Also, we have to trust owner of the site. So it cannot show anything, strictly speaking. Still, it maybe puts a price on exploit demo. Some say "it goes around twitter", "bots are probing and exploiting it", "it's a biggest thing ever in cybersec history, invest in AI now". Some say "it's a fud".

Are these 500$ laying on a ground for anyone to take?

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