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> Like a pressurised container full of money; if there is any crack or way a hole can be made, it bursts and the money is gone. That is, far and away, the bes
by Lazare 13y ago
> Like a pressurised container full of money; if there is any crack or way a hole can be made, it bursts and the money is gone.
That is, far and away, the best description of the problem I've heard. Did you come up with it?
- pjc50 13y agoYes, as I was writing that post. I'd been considering rocketry analogies, where one software error (Ariane) or bad seal (Challenger) will blow the whole thing up, but I wanted to convey leakiness. Mtgox found a slow puncture and went down like a deflated bouncy castle.
- gustoffen 13y agoIt is also like a bubble. A tiny pin prick, and pop! Which is also doubly apt because some consider the market price of bitcoin a bubble.