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I purposefully didn't put "Stolen" in the title because who's to say that this contract was not executed as intended. Who defines what is the intended use of fu
by carlgreene 5y ago
I purposefully didn't put "Stolen" in the title because who's to say that this contract was not executed as intended. Who defines what is the intended use of functions that reside on the blockchain?
- unyttigfjelltol 5y ago+1 The article would have benefitted from an explanation of how operation of this code in a 'Code is Law' scenario can result in 'stolen' ledger entries. It's like complaining about an 'illegal' court judgment, after the appealing court says it wasn't illegal.
- danielvf 5y agoIf I have a bank vault that can only be opened by one key, an attacker comes to my house, steals the key, opens the bank vault, and takes everything valuable inside, I think that it would count as stealing in every sense of the word, regardless of the correct behavior of the bank vault in only opening for the right key. I know there's a fun semantic debate about smart contracts hacks, but at the moment this theft does not appear to be in that category.