... I wonder if it is technically realistic? How would this solution actually be implemented?
Hard code into the next version, recognizing an address that PhantomPhreak controls as having a balance of 35,000 XCP on the first block. Then, PhantomPhreak sends this to busoni. I would think it could be a 1 liner, not too hard?
I would hope that, if this is done, we can also set a date for when this type of fix is permanently "off limits". Maybe 6-12 months from now. In other words, a date where we all agree it is no longer Alpha software, but Beta.
And secondly, raise a pool of funds (controlled by PhantomPhreak?) to have a security audit done by an outside party, before we declare the transition from Alpha to Beta. I would donate to this and I think many others would too.
this is the most retarded thing i have read today, another bailout ... call Obama and Bernanke
What a coincidence, your post is the most retarded thing I have read today! It clearly isn't a bailout, it is more aligned with FDIC when after a bank gets robbed the accounts are replenished.
Bottomline is that without it being that worthy of a target the vulnerability would likely remain so until that lucrative. You're also setting a pattern (I've read a lot of negative precedent setting issues in this thread) that it's fine to just wait until something catastrophic occurs and fuck you to the people who were required to invest / interact collectively to squeak out the issue.
Finally, it is rather convenient that this "benevolent hacker" proved their issue in such an amazingly robust manner. why not benevolently doublespend the minimum amount?
The unbelievable aspect - and why many doubted the initial reports - were 100% due to the scope and scale of the issue and how non-publicized it was. You're going to not directly contact the public / the devs to reveal the issue? But someone running an exchange when their involvement is rather tangential? LOL.
The idea that most people don't give a shit and shouldn't be "punished" for equality due to early adopters building the interest to the point that it is a worthy target deserves the slowest clap from the smallest animated gif
Who cares because everything's working as intended, and disclaimer text means tough shit, right?