Re:The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
by Animats on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:03PM
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Sure it does. Front-running is not new. Payment for order flow is not new. Altering the recent transaction history (the thing blockchains are supposed to prevent) is a criminal offense in other markets.
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Re:The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto
by dogman144 on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @10:32AM
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you're mistaking the mempool with tx history unless you believe they're essentially the same? Issue there if so is the mempool isn't consistent from node-to-node so can't call it a tx history.
It's more like pending TXs which end up landing in a certain order that's possibly different once confirmed (which current banks do with checking/debit TXs and isn't a criminal offense).