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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by liminvorous on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:39AM (#30137071)
Sending currency to non-existant addresses is how people encode arbitary data on the bitcoin blockchain, so definitely possible.

Giving a person control over the funds allocated to their smart contract probably opens holes where they can steal the smart contract's money, though obviously creating software that handles money and can't be updated is its own kettle of fish.

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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by emteycz on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:08AM (#30138349)
The thing is, the address exists - only (probably) nobody has its private key.
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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:24PM (#30143341)
Why would one need to send to non-existent address? Any transaction can include data, one can donate for example.
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