0 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 19 Apr 2022 \ parent \ on: Beanstalk cryptocurrency project robbed after hacker votes to send themself $182 million bitcoin
Flashloans are scary.
I honestly would never accept a job in the ethereum ecosystem - no matter how high the salary. There is no way to properly test something because no test environment is ever as safe as the live chain. I couldn't sleep at night - idk how these people can.
One of the surprising things about human nature is the ability to rationalize all behavior - even the most immoral. Everyone fundamentally thinks they're a good person regardless of what they've done, which means they've convinced themselves there are good reasons for what they've done.
I imagine when working in the ethereum ecosystem one says to oneself:
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Everyone else is doing it
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My users understand all the risks but took them anyway. It's not my fault they assessed the risk wrong.
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I'm making money because I'm providing value. It's signal that what I'm doing is the right thing.
This interview with a famous cybercriminal Brett Johnson on Lex Fridman's show is illuminating: . He didn't care about his victims because he convinced himself he was doing it for his family - which in his mind washed away the harm it caused and still made him good.
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