| ▲ | lxgr 2 hours ago | |
It’s not always a choice. If value has been transferred onwards (ultimately in the form of e.g. cash withdrawn or something equally hard to trace, like physical goods handed over to a buyer), simply “undoing all transactions in a database” isn’t without victims either. Whether undoing transactions or not is an option strongly depends on how fast value is allowed to move. Sometimes being slow is a feature as much as it is a bug. | ||
| ▲ | Lichtso an hour ago | parent [-] | |
> Whether undoing transactions or not is an option strongly depends on how fast value is allowed to move. Sometimes being slow is a feature as much as it is a bug. Exactly, that is my point. It is less about reversibility and more so about speed. Being slow can be an advantage (for security). | ||