Exchange Hack Ledger Screensaver
The Exchange Hack Ledger screensaver scrolls through a real historical record of major crypto exchange hacks and collapses — Mt. Gox, FTX and more — with real dollar figures at the time, plus a live tally of what the lost bitcoin would be worth today. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Exchange Hack Ledger screensaver works
The saver draws from a curated, real historical record of major publicly documented crypto exchange failures.
Each entry scrolls through with its real date, real amount lost and a short real description.
The saver fetches Bitcoin's real live price from CoinGecko to compute what the Bitcoin-denominated losses would be worth today.
The live "worth today" tally updates as the real market price moves.
A worked example
Mt. Gox's real 2014 loss of roughly 850,000 BTC, worth a few hundred million dollars at the time, is recalculated live against today's real price — a striking, honest illustration of what was lost.
Settings & tips
- Accent recolours the ledger entries.
- Figures are real, well-documented public losses, not estimates or rumors.
- The "worth today" tally only applies to Bitcoin-denominated losses, computed live.
Frequently asked questions
- Are these real events?
- Yes — every entry is a real, well-documented historical exchange failure, publicly reported at the time.
- Is a key needed?
- No. The live price used for the tally comes from CoinGecko's free, key-less API.
- Is the ledger updated with new events?
- It's a curated historical record; entries are added periodically as new site content updates ship.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.