The crypto community is witnessing a sharp decline in the number of spam bots replying to their tweets following the most recent attack by <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/deso-is-elon-musk-and-jack-dorseys-answer-for-decentralized-social-blockchain">Elon Musk</a> on <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/paypal-extends-cryptocurrency-service-to-luxembourg">crypto</a> spam bots on Twitter.
<h2>Crypto Spam Bots Disappear</h2>
The CEO of Twitter implied in a <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601851685915095040?" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tweet</a> on December 11 that bots are in for a surprise tomorrow, and subsequently said that they've identified a small group of individuals who are responsible for a massive amount of bot/troll accounts, and the site would be blocking IP addresses of proven malicious people.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601851685915095040?

In his subsequent statement, he said that while con artists could use other strategies to get over the IP address limitation, Twitter would take them down as soon as they appear.
<h2>New Modifications in Twitter by Elon Musk</h2>
In a post on December 11, Billy Markus, the co-creator of the meme currency <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/elon-musk-258-billion-dogecoin-lawsuit-expands-to-include-more-parties">Dogecoin</a>, under the alias Shibetoshi Nakamoto, said he created a trial post, and rather than seeing 50 bot answers, only saw one tremendous progress.

https://twitter.com/BillyM2k/status/1602034462757253120?s=20&amp;t=JpO6niMiJh_HAHUotWzY9w

The newest modifications made by Musk were also tested by other users. An investor and bitcoin expert named PlanB published a chart to track the number of automated responses.
<h2>Removal of Bot Comments</h2>
While Twitter looks to be a little bit easier to use lately, <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/ethereums-vitalik-buterin-says-terra-luna-team-manipulated-the-market">Vitalik Buterin</a>, the co-founder of <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/ethereum-developers-target-march-2023-for-shanghai-hard-fork">Ethereum</a>, said he couldn't determine if there had been a decrease in crypto spam bots because of Musk.

He stated that he had no clue how to distinguish between the work Elon had done, Crypto-Winter, and his imagination of fictitious alterations. The site swiftly removes the bot comments, but they continue to appear on posts.

Crypto Spam Bots Disappear as Musk Vows to Pursue Scammers

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, said he couldn't determine if there had been a decrease in crypto spam bots because of Musk.

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Crypto Spam Bots Disappear as Musk Vows to Pursue Scammers

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