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Binance targeted in $6.3 billion crypto heist, the largest ever (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 24 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

Not using the decentralized part of your decentralized currency is kinda crazy.

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    • [–] 20 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    Lol

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    • [–] -3 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

    Turns out centralized banking has its benefits

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    This is a centralized exchange. This attack could be mitigated by encouraging users to move their funds to their own wallets.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 minutes ago*

    Since crypto is more of a trading asset than currency, they're not that useful in your own wallet because then you constantly need to move them in/out of the exchange and pay all the fees related to those transactions.

    Yeah yeah "actually they're currency" blah blah, except they're not really usable as currency in the functional real world (just like stocks)

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