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A comment on US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Connection with Silk Road. Parent comment

Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by woah on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @12:13AM (#33516075)
Seems like it was working as intended, that if there was some blockage in the machine that resulted in the soda getting released but then getting stuck, you'd want a refund.
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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by hamburglar on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:03AM (#33516948)
Somehow I doubt giving out unlimited free sodas is "as intended." This is why it's an atomicity fail, leading to an inconsistent transaction. It should never be blocked according to the payment mechanism and unblocked according to the delivery mechanism.
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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by woah on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:54PM (#33554797)
No it's literally just a good faith effort to err on the side of customer satisfaction being exploited to steal a soda.
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