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All types of costly mistakes happen in non-bitcoin land too: Deutsche Bank accidentally transfers $6bn to hedge fund client (http://www.theguardian.com/busines

All types of costly mistakes happen in non-bitcoin land too: Deutsche Bank accidentally transfers $6bn to hedge fund client (http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/20/deutsche-bank-accidentally-transfers-6bn-to-a-single-customer http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/20/deutsche-ban...) ...as long as humans are involved in transactions (by writing software if anything), human errors seem to be bound to happen.

felipeerias 10y ago
The diference with Bitcoin-land is right there in the article: "and recovered one day later".
- drcross 10y ago
  Miners will typically return obviously erroneous transactions to keep bitcoin users in good faith. It's happened numerous times, including this week.
  - ssharp 10y ago
    But they don't have to and they aren't going to be held accountable if they don't.