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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by howlgarnish on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:14AM (#25443482)
While that's a very valid question, it's not helpful to the OP.
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by _vek1 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:23AM (#25443610)
It is helpful for whoever is thinking of investing all their money in cryptocurrency and finds this on Google.
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by twox2 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:25AM (#25444426)
Exactly. People need to know that there are many ways to make all your money go poof in crypto.
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by cainxinth on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:22AM (#25443592)
What difference does that make? We aren't tech support.

I do hope he gets his money back, but he deserves some chiding as well.

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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by Igelau on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:29AM (#25443721)
It's not helpful there, but it's definitely worth discussing here.
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by Aeolun on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:58AM (#25444099)
I kind of feel like he got what he deserved? Like, it’s not fun to lose your life’s savings, but...
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by kordlessagain on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:18AM (#25443546)
Nitpicking slightly, but "OP" is whoever started the thread in the forum where it is being discussed, not whomever wrote the original article. Only saying this because it keeps getting misused here on HN.
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Re:I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction by wodenokoto on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:21AM (#25443575)
I think I’ve made that mistake too once or twice.

Do we have a good word that covers both the author of the post or the OP of the linked thread?

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