A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum

Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by njarboe on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:03AM (#14818185)

One could envision that the transportation of one-time pads as the only objects worth shipping between inhabited solar systems. Value per gram could be enormous.

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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by int_19h on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:47AM (#14818554)

"Our main cargo is a one-time cryptographic pad. The source is Commercial Security at Sjandra Kei; the destination is the certificants' High colony. It was the usual arrangement: We're carrying a one-third xor of the pad. Independent shippers are carrying the others. At the destination, the three parts would be xor'd together. The result could supply a dozen worlds' crypto needs on the Net ..."

- Vernor Vinge, "A Fire upon the Deep"

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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by njarboe on Friday July 21, 2017 @05:02PM (#14823742)

Thanks for the ref. That's where I got it from. Couldn't remember if it was from "A Fire upon the Deep" or from an Ian Banks Culture series book.

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