Actually, considering how traceable just about everything is on the Internet, campaigns would be
silly to launch a systematic click - fraud effort — the victim could go to the press in about two seconds
as soon
as it was even
suspected.
btw I resisted discussing government interference / regulation in my post, because it's just another endless rabbit - hole... but let me just say: i) Investors are
silly if they don't anticipate / price in the threat of arbitrary & draconian regulation — specifically from the two usual culprits, China & the US (Jamie Dimon wasn't wrong on that)-- so recent headlines should be no surprise, and ii) I
suspect it may not matter in the end — more regulation could certainly hurt / blacklist the sector for some percentage of existing crypto - enthusiasts, but may also endorse the space for a much much larger population to finally consider it
as an alternative / investment.