That was my first thought too when I read the WSJ article, but who knows what shenanigans sw engineers can get themselves into

Sure, but..... 

DELETE records where username is NULL ;

is not the same as:

DELETE records where username is 'NULL';

SQL treats the first one as true null, but it treats the second as the string 'NULL'.

Or am I taking crazy pills today???

fiatbad

tech

When your last name is Null, nothing works

SimpleStacker

can confirm. Thought I was being clever/early by reserving the `null` username for a no-kyc custodial account. Account disappeared one day (with my sats). Emailed the devs but they couldn't find any record of the account ever existing.

Someone probably ran a `DELETE records where username is NULL` and my acct got wiped. This is why its also important to log CHANGES to the database in a separate table or logging system. Or keep robust backups of the DB. That way if someone makes a mistake, you can at least investigate and resolve any missing data.