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>and the programmable door-lock startup The door lock company is the funniest part of the whole thing. It makes this meltdown so much less surprising tbh.

• stale2002 10y ago
  Whats up with the door lock thing? I haven't heard about that.
  • nawitus 10y ago
    Probably refers to this: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ethereum-based-slock-reveals-first-ever-lock-opened-money-1527014 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ethereum-based-slock-reveals-first-... Somewhat related: the lock in my apartment is actually based on cryptography too. It uses SHA-1, which is somewhat scary, because it's not considered "safe" anymore. The algorithm was probably chosen because it uses less energy compared to safer ones, as the lock gets the energy from the turning of the key.
    • tamana 10y ago
      Sha-1 is only unsafe if an attacker can get a copy of the hashed password
• stale2002 10y ago
  Oh god, its some random IoT company that is using the blockchain to run its IoT platform for no reason, and then decided to pivot into a decentralized investment fund.
  • Animats 10y ago
    It's all the same guy, Vitalik Buterin. He's behind Etherium, the DAO, and the door lock company, "Slock.it UG".
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