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Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by alanfalcon on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:18AM (#21621308)
Our CTO likens developing a smart contract to civil engineering. Our CTO also remembers what it was like to ship your software in its final form on a floppy disk!

I think it’s great that more and more people are jumping in and learning what it’s like to develop in such an unforgiving domain (no point here, I just think it’s great!)

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Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by exdsq on Sunday November 24, 2019 @01:14PM (#21622184)
I completely agree! It's sparked an interest in formal methods and learning more about how engineering takes place in other disciplines to improve their product quality.
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Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by semiotagonal on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:05PM (#21621673)
Learning on the job in an unforgiving domain can be costly.
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Re:Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later by alanfalcon on Sunday November 24, 2019 @02:46PM (#21622815)
The blockchain is indeed fraught with peril. Code review, audits, and bug bounties are an absolute necessity when it comes to smart contracts! Learning in a high stakes situation seems pretty good as long as you have a robust support structure.
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