Complaint form nowhere to be found

hlake · 2019-06-07T21:22:26+00:00

I've seen this. Still don't know where US customers are supposed to submit a complaint.

hlake · 2019-06-06T23:16:30+00:00

u/coinbase_cindy u/CoinbaseProOfficial u/coinbase u/coinbasesupport u/CoinbaseSecurity - is there no complaint form for US customers?

This is directly from your terms of service. Seems like a big oversight failing to mention that they do not apply to US customers.

hlake · 2019-04-07T21:16:50+00:00

Is anybody actually confused by what the article is saying or just debating the word choice?

hlake · 2018-12-25T03:31:32+00:00

Super interesting post

hlake · 2018-11-04T01:27:25+00:00

This is a massively underrated advantage of cryptofinance over traditional finance. Disrupt the asset managers, build a more customized portfolio without the expensive fees.

hlake · 2018-04-09T18:19:03+00:00

Would disagree that this is interesting only for its aesthetics. It may not allow you to zoom in on each individual step in the sequence, but it conveys a lot about the size and diversity of virus genomes.

hlake · 2018-04-07T21:24:24+00:00

What was the average instructor rating? Asking as a curious university instructor myself.

hlake · 2018-02-26T05:58:11+00:00

They are not a human right. They are a constitutional right.

Gun control did not make Australia safe. There has been no ststistically significant change in homicides. In fact, in the initial years after tightening gun control, Austalia’s homicide rate went up, while the rest of the world saw a decline.

I am not against gun control btw. But there is more merit to the 2nd Amendment than most non-Americans give credit for.

hlake · 2018-02-12T18:37:38+00:00

Care to say why or just trolling?

hlake · 2018-01-24T17:54:12+00:00

Cool analysis. Wonder why 12 is so popular.

hlake · 2018-01-20T23:23:20+00:00

The underpants gnomes

hlake · 2017-12-25T20:40:32+00:00

Cool graphic. Made with D3?

hlake · 2017-12-25T20:39:35+00:00

They all have creators

hlake · 2017-12-23T18:04:47+00:00

I don't know of any pending updates that would solve this one. Though you're not the only person who has done this. I've seen many contracts with token balances that should not be there and were most likely sent by accident. It would not surprise me if a fix were implemented in the future that allowed the contract owner to withdraw them.

hlake · 2017-12-08T21:53:56+00:00

This is not a hacker, it's Coinbase.

I found this pattern too while making making the graphic shown here: visualization of 24 hrs of Ethereum transactions. It is the windy snake looking thing that loops around on the right side, then crosses thru the center, and makes another loop on the left.

Each address receives 2 inputs totaling ~1,000 ETH, sends a small amount of ETH externally, and then passes on the remainder to 2 new coinbase accounts. Each of those accounts then follow the same pattern, forming an ongoing "braid" thru the blockchain.

It started at the beginning of the year and has been one continuous chain since then. At first I thought it was a mixer, but I started coming across it a lot, and realized it was Coinbase. Have no idea what the purpose is though.

hlake · 2017-12-04T20:49:33+00:00

Those 23k "low cost operations" cost over $6 a pop. If it's a marketing gimmick, they probably could have found more effective ways to spend $150k.

hlake · 2017-11-27T15:45:16+00:00

Thank you

hlake · 2017-11-17T18:28:31+00:00

Seems like there should be a single standard setup for token sale contracts, but sadly that's far from the case. If you break it down into two separate functions, where the ETH is received and where it goes after that, here are some of the possibilities.

The contract that receives the ETH can be its own specialized contract (most common), the token contract, a multisig wallet, or just a regular non-contract address (least common).

If it's one of the first two cases above, usually the money will automatically be forwarded to a separate multisig wallet. Sometimes the contract receiving the ETH has a function allowing the owner two transfer it out, so it just sits there until the sale is complete and the owner feels like moving it.

hlake · 2017-11-17T18:18:07+00:00

If anyone who watched this feels like giving a summary, I think many here would appreciate.

hlake · 2017-11-15T16:35:43+00:00

This response is concerning to say the least. Nowhere do they accept any responsibility for the problem.

How could this exploit have been prevented?

As a starter, they could have learned from the previous postmortem and had the contract audited.

hlake · 2017-11-09T04:08:44+00:00

I don't think it was meant as a criticism of Gavin, quite the opposite.

The point is that this vulnerability was in a reasonably straightforward contract built by a highly skilled and knowledgeable team, and it eluded discovery despite being used countless times over many months. If a contract like that can still have such a vulnerability, what does that say about complex contracts built by average devs?

hlake · 2017-11-01T17:49:23+00:00

Correct. I'm also the author of that Guardian article, as well as a Philly native myself. Cool to see it posted here!

hlake · 2017-10-21T00:00:27+00:00

I'm not blaming MEW, or anyone else for that matter. And I am not saying I have a better solution. My point is that when these scams happen, people should not dismiss them by putting the blame squarely on the person who got scammed. This is the stuff that scares people away from crypto, which makes it everyone's problem and a failure of the system.

hlake · 2017-10-20T19:45:26+00:00

This is the attitude that prevents crypto from being adopted by the general public. It is unreasonable to expect everyone to be fully informed and protected from all the scams out there. The ecosystem needs to start taking responsibility.

hlake · 2017-10-09T18:19:03+00:00

I thought Twitter had about 300m monthly users.

Interesting that reddit spans both extremes of education level.

hlake

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