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Any chance the one who ran this exploit can sue for the money they were due? If the code IS the contract, then by the contract they are owed this money, no? O

Any chance the one who ran this exploit can sue for the money they were due? If the code IS the contract, then by the contract they are owed this money, no? Or does this mean the code isn't the contract?

EdHominem 10y ago
It's worth a try. They have ~$60 million to promise to shareholders in the lawsuit. They paid to participate in a code-based Nomic and were denied their prize because they won too quickly.
- zeven7 10y ago
  In order to start litigation, they would have to reveal their identity. Among other things, this could bring them their own legal troubles. I am surprised the attacker didn't try to bribe the miners, though.
yarrel 10y ago
They really can't. If the argument is that code is law, the fork was implemented in code, so it's law. If their argument is that the white hat hacks shouldn't have happened then they lay themselves open to the argument that their initial hack shouldn't have happened. And then there's how draconian unauthorised computer access laws tend to be...