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Angostura on June 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability

> but they didn't halt trading until they were asked to, so clearly it wasn't totally in their interests?

I didn't stop eating excess salt until my doctor asked me to do so - and it was totally in my interest.

TillE on June 17, 2016 [–]

A surprising number of people seem to believe in the near-perfect efficiency of markets, that every participant is making optimal decisions based on their own goals.

This is, of course, absurdly optimistic.

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