DOGE is a currency known for tipping people and there are 2 most popular places where tips happened - Reddit and IRC.

The bot were of course centralized, wasnt runned by DOGE Foundation but just by an user who made some bad business decisions, and seems stole DOGE to fix his problems.. then didnt buy it back.

Want to check if you had something? Go to http://dtb.space/
Then link you reddit username and you will end with such options [and balance above]:

It is said the bot had 108,911,472.26171964 DOGE that are missing.
At current prices its around 140k USD.

The "funny" thing is that 9 days ago the creator posted a PSA to watch for your funds:

Current DOGE Markets

Luckily we are on Steemit, here the upvotes are tips and they are on blockchain.

Another reason why Steeemit is a good place to be at.

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