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Assuming that MtGox (let's say MtGox, not Mark) did indeed introduce transaction malleability as a feature, that should be very easy to prove with source contro
by rheide 13y ago
Assuming that MtGox (let's say MtGox, not Mark) did indeed introduce transaction malleability as a feature, that should be very easy to prove with source control commit logs. But if the malleability vulnerability was already there to begin with, it would be very hard to prove indeed that MtGox was taking advantage of it.
Edit: I should also add that Mark in particular has not proven himself smart enough in my eyes to pull something like this off. In terms of technical skill, yes, but this requires a very human approach to deception which I, based on the conversations I've seen him have, do not think he possesses.
- mkonecny 13y agoMtGox didn't use source code control.
- rheide 13y agoAnother great reason to assume ignorance rather than malice.
- talas9 13y agoHow.. convenient.
- bdcravens 13y agorheide was talking about the Bitcoin source control.
- rheide 13y agoNo actually, I meant the MtGox source code that deals with transactions. The malleability issue was known long before MtGox announced the exploit. It's possible that MtGox initially handled transactions correctly, but later introduced the malleability issue so they can blame their problems on that. Like I said before, I don't believe that's the case though.
- meowface 13y agoMark was the CEO, the lead developer, the lead business guy, the lead operations guy, and nearly everything else you can think of. He likely had unlimited power to doctor anything he liked, and probably in a way that would not make it easy for other employees to notice. Even if they did use source control, he could probably mask those commits. Honestly I'm not even sure how many other technical employees they had. I would assume only a few.
- CatMtKing 13y agoWould also explain why he never grew the team out more -- would make it more difficult to control the situtation.
- jnbiche 13y agoWow, this is something that's been bothering me for some time. Why didn't Mark grow the team? He evidently didn't have any employees, just a handful of contractors. This would explain why.
- simias 13y agoI'm curious, how do you know that? It sounds completely crazy to me.
- Blahah 13y agoDo we even know if they used version control? Given the hectic organisation of the code I've seen so far, wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't controlled.
- natdempk 13y agoAn anonymous dev who interviewed there posted on reddit saying that they didn't use version control, and that all code changes had to go through Karpeles.