You are a hamster, you want to get rich, and you're also the CEO of a crypto exchange. This is the premise of Hamster Kombat, the new Telegram 'mini-game' that claims to have more than 300 million players. It's become so popular that in June, an Iranian military leader accused it of distracting voters amidst the country's elections, saying it was a tool in the West's 'soft war' against Iran's theocracy. The game's creators are anonymous, so there's no telling whether they're involved in election tampering. Over email'they were too spooked about doxing to get on the phone'the people claiming to be Hamster Kombat's developers swore they did not work for the US government, joking, 'Should we send a confirmation letter from our CIA email'' The founders are cagey about their backgrounds, but here's what they told WIRED: They've worked in professional gaming for 15 years, they've been mining and trading bitcoin since it was below $100, they have no outside investors, their team is now 50...
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