I am just blown away how someone not knowing how bitcoin works with regard to double spends and re-orgs can start stupid stuff like that can be ever taken seriously again. BitMEX Research saying "It appears as if a small double spend of around..."[*1] One of the stupidest groups claiming to be experts, says something like that? My heavens they don't even know what a double spend is. That isn't a double spend and yet their tweet says it is.
andreas antonopoulos did have this to say in their defense:
https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/1352285439621664768For those screaming at @BitMEXResearch:
Wrong target. BitMEX offers a useful service that monitors for re-orgs. They are the messenger who said the right thing. Re-direct your ire at @Cointelegraph who "reported" sensationalist drivel and those who amplified it.
i suppose people use the term "double spend" in two different ways. one is at the protocol level and would mean the same coins could be spent/confirmed twice---obviously not the case here. the other is from the perspective of a transaction recipient who is sent inputs that are re-spent and confirmed in a conflicting transaction.