I’m aware some people are attempting to frame this as me being the bad actor. That is not the case.

All eligible winners were paid. From the start, it was clearly stated that bot and alt accounts would not be compensated.

I raised this with the giveaway host, who agreed and explicitly told me to keep the funds rather than distribute them to bots.

If this were an exit scam, I would have taken the funds and disappeared. Instead, $50–60K was paid out to verified, eligible winners.