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Hacker Makes $360k ETH from a Flash Loan Single Transaction

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15 points by Andrew_Quentin 6 years ago · 3 comments

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lazzlazzlazz 6 years ago

Flashloans are a kind of loan where you can borrow a potentially large quantity of a digital asset with no collateral for a small fee — as long as the asset is returned by the end of the atomic transaction.

It looks like somebody very cleverly used a large flashloan to, essentially, create an arbitrage opportunity by moving the price on a relatively illiquid asset.

dclusin 6 years ago

From tfa it sounds like they’re using the traditional definition of hacker and not shorthand for someone who uses computers to steal from people.

ruyi 6 years ago

I don't understand why this is considered a hack.

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