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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by neaden on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:52PM (#14821969)
There is a key difference here in that as you say the authorities are doing something. If we had random vigilantes going around mugging muggers that would indeed be a sign that we had a problem.
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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by tetrep on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:09PM (#14822107)
Not quite that, but rather vigilantes mugging you when you're most vulnerable, and then returning the money later when they're confident you can safely hold onto it.

I wonder if the vigilantes will return the money with interest...

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Re:A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what ... by fapjacks on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:24PM (#14822244)
"With interest" at least to me is a very greedy proposition. Those people just kept you from having zero ethereum. If anything, I'd personally give them reward money.
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