That problem isn&#x27;t destroying coins though, it is verifying that coins have been destroyed.   A person can destroy them easily, verifying that someone else is destroying them is hard.<p>The whole situation you described is completely ridiculous though, because instead of &#x27;destroying&#x27; coins the developers could have distributed their own coins to all other addresses proportionately based on balance.<p>The whole thing is an obvious scam from top to bottom, but I&#x27;m not surprised any more that some people would take the bait.