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erikpukinskis

From another thread:

“Code bounties are a great use-case for cryptocurrency.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18226000

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How is it any better than conventional tools such as Patreon or Flattr?

Why?

Without reading, a use case could be to sprinkle some private keys in your “secure” code and “secure” database.

If it gets leaked/hacked, there will be temptation to cash it out. Follow it and get quick notification that your security has been breached.

You could just use any free kind of canary instead, access to traps is easy to notice without any need for a complex external dependency or wasting big amounts of money.

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