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		jimbobthrowawy on June 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pay $1 to Hear Wu-Tang Clan’s Secret Album (Eventu... How would a smart contract release a decryption key at some point in the future without external input like this? Couldn't someone just fork the chain and manipulate it with arbitrary amounts of self-mined ether?

RhysU on June 14, 2024 [–]

Dunno. Good point. Not my specialty. Perhaps require that some prohibitive number of blocks have been mined before the auction closes?

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