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According to Protos, a Binance user accused the exchange of "stealing" a picture based on Ordinals that he mistakenly transferred to his BTC deposit address. Due to customer service being unable to assist and discovering that the asset was listed for sale on Magic Eden, he accused Binance employees of embezzlement on social media, sparking a heated discussion in the cryptocurrency community. But senior Bitcoin users clarify that this is a "Sat gold rush" phenomenon: Bitcoin Ordinals data is assigned to specific Satoshi, who have Ordinals rights, and some collectors "screen" rare Satoshi by bulk depositing and withdrawing BTC to the exchange. The random withdrawal mechanism in the mixed Bitcoin pool of the exchange resulted in the accidental fall of the Ordinal into the hands of gold miners, which was not actively seized by the exchange. Subsequently, the user who mistakenly forwarded to Ordinals deleted their post accusing Binance. This type of digital gold mining has become a niche activity in the cryptocurrency industry, where participants pay miner fees to repeatedly deposit and withdraw BTC to participate in the "lottery". Binance executives believe that Satoshi is interchangeable, and their employees do not spend time screening customers' deposits to find rare Satoshi. Binance staff only distribute Satoshi from a pile of mixed bitcoins to meet withdrawal requests, without considering whether these bitcoins are "rare".