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Re:153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack by riffraff on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:38AM (#14810238)
They did this already? I'm guessing it happened in the dao accident?

If so, this seems terrifying, what if I had accepted stolen ETH to sell physical goods?

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Re:153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack by tromp on Thursday July 20, 2017 @03:40AM (#14810680)
The stolen DAO funds were sitting in a time-locked account and couldn't be spent for several weeks.
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Re:153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack by lsc on Thursday July 20, 2017 @02:49AM (#14810490)
It seems to match the real world in some ways; If I barter and end up accepting stolen physical goods, things can go rather badly for me.
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Re:153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack by riffraff on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:57AM (#14813588)
yes, but in many (most?) legal systems you cannot change the rules so you are liable for past events.

I.e. if you accept counterfeit money, it's on you, but your money should not become counterfeit overnight.

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