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Is it a screenshot from a smart contract? Why $65,355,999,994?

• golem14 4y ago
  maybe related to 2^16?
  • oh_sigh 4y ago
    It is suspiciously close to 65536*1e6. Can't explain why it is $6 short though
    • tromp 4y ago
      No; it's close to 65356e6, not 65536e6 (3rd decimal is 3 not 5). Could be misreporting though...
      • quickthrower2 4y ago
        “If we are going down, lets nerd snipe while we do!”
  • wolverine876 4y ago
    C'mon, this is serious money; you're off by a couple orders of magnitude: 2^36 = 68,719,476,736 Which doesn't explain it. Maybe the subtracted $3 billion in other debts? Got to watch every penny, you know.
    • Retric 4y ago
      It’s really close to 2^16 * 1 million - 6$. 65,535,999,994 vs $65,355,999,994 No idea where the -6$ comes from or if the 535 vs 355 was intended.
    • epgui 4y ago
      That’s actually the exact same order of magnitude, FYI.
      • mkl 4y ago
        2^16 = 65536.
    • mrbungie 4y ago
      You're asumming the final number id managed by a sole number. Maybe there a "size" value and a "quantity" value. An example would be a float representing the final magnitude over the base magnitude (i.e. thousands of dollars), and the base quantity of thosands of dollars an unsinged 16bit integer. It would be a commonly considered weird approach (you could/should use Decimal types for money), but hey, the final number is strangely near to be such a typical number (2^16). PS: Like a sibling suggested, other hypothesis is that maybe it was something akin to a bare napkin calculation/decision made by humans (with human errors) eventually digitalized.
      • wolverine876 4y ago
        > It would be a commonly considered weird approach (you could/should use Decimal types for money) Money? Cryptocurrencies are way beyond that.