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Re:How we spent $30k in Firebase in less than 72 hours on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:18AM (#17669744)
Legit question here; what would be a good architecture for this case?
Great, something to pass the time tonight. Many thanks!
Re:Bitcoin Can Drop 50% and China Miners Will Still Make Money on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:22AM (#16121799)
As far as I know only 6 confirmations are required for a transaction to be considered practically irreversible. Is it different for coinbase (reward) transactions?
Re:Most popular Python packages now support Python 3 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:54PM (#15833674)
I'm planning to spend my free time in the next couple of months learning Python, should I only learn Python 3?
Re:Strongbox: a secret manager for AWS on Monday November 27, 2017 @11:33AM (#15788552)
You're right. I've never even heard of ParameterStore before.
Re:Bitcoin Approaches $10,000 a piece on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:24AM (#15787078)
There is also concern that Bitcoin could be vulnerable to hackers. Mr Ahmad said that recently it lost almost 20% in value on fears it was being hacked.

Am I missing something or is the hacking part nonsense?

I see, thank you for clarifying.
Forgive my ignorance but how does mixing achieve privacy? The blockchain is public, so you should be able to trace back ownership regardless of the number of addresses it's been through?