A group of extremist Pi Network supporters attacked the Bybit exchange. Currently on the Google Play Store, the app’s rating is only 2.7 stars.
In the cryptocurrency world, CEO Ben Zhou of the Bybit exchange is one of the leaders who expressed the strongest opposition to Pi Network. He does not trust the project model and team. At the same time, he also called for not listing Pi because he was worried that it would harm those who do not fully understand the industry, especially the elderly customer group.
It was Ben Zhou’s contrary opinion that made him the target of attack by extremist “Pi players”. A small part of the project’s community of more than 60 million users is enough to adversely affect Ben Zhou and Bybit.
Specifically, this exchange was recently attacked on social networks and app markets. A large number of people have given one-star reviews, causing the average rating for Bybit on the Google Play Store to drop to 2.7 points. Most of the outstanding comments come from Pi miners. Before Ben Zhou warned about the Pi Network project, Bybit’s average score was 4.2/5 stars.
“Poor security, hackers stole money and even mocked Pi, so they got into trouble,” commented G.H., an account. “The CEO spoke like a child,” another customer commented.
In fact, the Bybit hack has been proven not to be the exchange’s fault. The problem arose from the issuer of the Safe multi-signature wallet. At the same time, the cryptocurrency exchange has also managed to handle the major incident, without affecting user assets. Regarding his statements against Pi Network, Ben Zhou’s opinion is also supported by many KOLs in the cryptocurrency community.
Before Bybit, Binance was also another victim of “Pi miner”. The extremist group believes that the exchange took advantage of Pi Network, deliberately opening a voting program to attract users. In the end, Binance did not list Pi despite overwhelming support.
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou.
Binance has an average rating of only 1.5 stars and the decline has not stopped. Last week, the app on Google Play reached 4.7/5 stars with more than 2.2 million votes. In a short time, the number of reviews increased by more than 30%, reaching 2.9 million. However, the reputation of the exchange has decreased.
Currently, Google has removed negative comments on the Binance app. The average rating has been restored to 4.4/5 stars.
According to Gummicube, the app will suffer many disadvantages when being negatively reviewed. The amount of distribution appearing on positions in browsers and app markets will decrease. The conversion rate will also be lower because customers are skeptical about the quality.
This overreaction is not new. The Pi mining community is often provoked, with a large number of cyberattacks by parties who disagree with and criticize the project.
In fact, Binance made it clear when they opened the vote that they wanted to consult the community. The decision to list the Pi Network project or not is subject to moderation and evaluation from the team according to a fixed process. This was reiterated again in the post announcing the results.
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