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Bitcoin so high it crashed Coinbase today

• ur-whale 3y ago
  And worthy of note that, every time Bitcoin goes up brutally (every 2 years or so, like clockwork) Coinbase crashes. You'd expect their SRE team had that one figured out by now, but no, apparently. other link to story: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/coinbase-users-see-0-balance-after-crypto-trading-app-suffers-glitch.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/coinbase-users-see-0-balance...
  • chrisjj 3y ago
    > You'd expect their SRE team had that one figured out by now, but no, apparently. Yes, apparently ... if they are selling.
  • SilasX 3y ago
    Haha, I was complaining about that as early as 2017 (though mainly for big price drops): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14705898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14705898 And don't forget, their 2022 Superbowl ad was just a (bouncing) QR code, and thus depended entirely on the link working, and yet they apparently didn't plan their SRE for the case where the ad actually works exactly as intended. My comment on the HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30418317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30418317
• janandonly 3y ago
  After the USA market opens, I expect another price rise again. So maybe the SRE team gets to retest their resilience today?
• chrisjj 3y ago
  Let me guess. The BC price crossed 2^16 $ ? ;)
• Akhmetshina 3y ago
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