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> Similar to the now obsolete but preserved practice of writing a number in a contract both in digits and in words. I have always seen that as some check sum?
by rightbyte 4y ago
> Similar to the now obsolete but preserved practice of writing a number in a contract both in digits and in words.
I have always seen that as some check sum? I.e. both need to be wrong and the same wrong to mess things up.
- tirpen 4y agoYes, it's mostly to prevent someone from doodling and changing a 3 to an 8 somewhere in the amount.