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I never heard that all the transactions in the world got rollbacked after days, and I don't think it is even technically possible. Doing that in ethereum and al

I never heard that all the transactions in the world got rollbacked after days, and I don't think it is even technically possible. Doing that in ethereum and all the other similar currencies is as easy as pressing a button.

patrickk 10y ago
> Doing that in ethereum and all the other similar currencies is as easy as pressing a button. The rollback was (and still is) very controversial. It required the agreement of the large mining pools to support the fork, which they eventually agreed to. It wasn't quite as simple as "pressing a button". Banks get hacked all the time, eat the loss, keep it quiet and move on, e.g. http://www.businessinsider.de/how-to-hack-a-bank-mikko-hypponen-f-secure-mandiant-fireeye-bangladesh-swift-banking-north-korea-2016-6?r=UK&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.de/how-to-hack-a-bank-mikko-hyppo... http://www.dataiq.co.uk/news/20141107/banks-keeping-quite-despite-swathe-customer-data-breaches http://www.dataiq.co.uk/news/20141107/banks-keeping-quite-de...