correct (although I tried to send the funds to a burn address, so I wasn't really trying to "cash in")

No.

just logged into this account (wow 112 notifications) and yep I'm still owned by @smitop

test

Hive accounts are cheap, I don't put much thought into registering accounts.

I'm not the one on STEEM Correct Expect scamming and spamming from this account. I don't intend on doing that.

Erm how would I "monetise with this account"? I mostly just registered it so some scammer/other couldn't

A hacker could have also traced the IP address of the specific computer that created the account and tried to hack that computer directly. Except that hacker wouldn't know the IP address of the computer

why not?

I meant "I do not own the account with the same name on the Steem chain, nor do I know who owns the account on the Steem chain." Was a typo!