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A comment on Zcoin implementation bug enabled attacker to create over 500K Zcoins. Parent comment

Re:Zcoin implementation bug enabled attacker to create over ... by phkahler on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:23AM (#13809816)
The problem isn't in the implementation, it's a problem with Zcoin itself. One should not be able to create Zcoin via software whether that's a bug or deliberate.
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Re:Zcoin implementation bug enabled attacker to create over ... by gnode on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @08:02AM (#13809980)
How do you propose one creates Zcoin then?
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Re:Zcoin implementation bug enabled attacker to create over ... by phkahler on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:40PM (#13813929)
Sorry, that wasn't clear. With bitcoin you could create it at will, but it requires doing a certain (constantly increasing) amount of computational work. Work that can be verified. There is no way for a bug to accidentally create a bunch of bitcoin, and no way for anyone to deliberately create any without doing the work.
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