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Re:The bug which lost more than $600M in various cryptocurre... by bawolff on Thursday August 12, 2021 @06:55AM (#28154646)
Auditors have never fully prevented bugs in any other computing domain, i dont know why cryptocurrency would be any different.
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Re:The bug which lost more than $600M in various cryptocurre... by pedalpete on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:46PM (#28163280)
Can't the same be said that auditors have never fully prevented fraud in the real-world?
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Re:The bug which lost more than $600M in various cryptocurre... by bawolff on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:15AM (#28166003)
Sure i guess, but im not sure i see what point you're trying to make. Nobody is claiming that auditors will prevent all financial fraud.
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Re:The bug which lost more than $600M in various cryptocurre... by mplewis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:52PM (#28163349)
The real world has ways to reverse fraudulent actions. Crypto does not.
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