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Re:Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty by erikpukinskis on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:53AM (#18226628)
From another thread:

“Code bounties are a great use-case for cryptocurrency.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18226000

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Re:Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty by Fnoord on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:19AM (#18227905)
How is it any better than conventional tools such as Patreon or Flattr?
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Re:Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty by chickenfries on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:54AM (#18226635)
Why?
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Re:Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty by Scoundreller on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:16AM (#18226747)
Without reading, a use case could be to sprinkle some private keys in your “secure” code and “secure” database.

If it gets leaked/hacked, there will be temptation to cash it out. Follow it and get quick notification that your security has been breached.

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Re:Priority Queue on Ethereum with a 15 ETH Bug Bounty by mynewtb on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:36AM (#18226843)
You could just use any free kind of canary instead, access to traps is easy to notice without any need for a complex external dependency or wasting big amounts of money.
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