Phantom Bytes

S2 E1: “The Room That Waited” (Ethereum DAO Hack/The Amber Room)


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A room made of amber vanished in the chaos of war.

Centuries later, a digital fortune disappeared in silence.


In this episode of Phantom Bytes, we trace the strange echoes between the lost Amber Room and the 2016 hack of the Ethereum DAO—a bold experiment in decentralized trust undone by a single, silent flaw in the code.

As millions in Ether vanished, the blockchain fractured, history was rewritten, and the future of cryptocurrency was forever changed.


Some treasures are stolen with fire.

Others with logic.

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Phantom BytesBy Jash Saunders, Cowboy Supernova Productions