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Discord bot clarifies it “doesn’t mine crypto” after users spot it allows cryptocurrency trades

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Discord bot have responded to concerns after users saw it advertised, among other bots used on the platform.Yesterday (January 29), a Twitter user named Snowy shared that the Carl-bot and FredBoat server bots were pushing another called Piggy on Discord.

Both the Discord bots had Piggy listed under the “playing a game” tab, although as of publication, this has been removed.Users were concerned about how the Piggy bot allows currency earned through the activities it presents on Discord to be exchanged for cryptocurrency.

As shown on Piggy’s website, Discord users can adopt a piggy, make them fight others on the server, and can gain XP and rewards.

The website also says that users can “collect as much Piggy Gold and exchange it for your favourite cryptocurrency.”So apparently they quietly removed the statuses…conveniently overnight when this gained traction.I've included a screenshot of the popup you get the first time you visit FredBoat's website, and a page from their parent site that shows the stupid Piggy thing alongside them both pic.twitter.com/aasoUxn1LZ—.

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