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Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

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Meanwhile, anyone in Boston who only read the headline is completely unsurprised to hear that the red line isn't running and is wondering how this merits making the front page of HN.

I haven't had enough coffee yet, I saw the headline and couldn't figure out why something didn't make sense reading it and I live in Boston.

Glad to see this comment to explain it.

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#32
post #3

Defi has never been down.

But it is illegal depending on the country, Or a scam depending on the receiver, Or centralized if you use a hosted wallet, DeFIs merits on paper sound life changing, but reality is far from it. It's an unorganized, volatile mess.

Not a great message when billionaire tech-heads are getting scammed for seven-figures and are entirely defenseless. If Mark Cuban can't get the vendor/tech mix right, what chances do an average Joe have?

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

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post #33

Extended downtime like this usually means prod database deleted. Sucks to be that SRE team. Can’t wait for the Kevin Fang re-enactment!

Last time Stripe had extended downtime, it was DNS. I think that's more likely than a missing database.

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#35
post #3

Defi has never been down.

people in the comments are getting nasty. Sure the ecosystem is plagued with scammers, but financial system in general is filled with scammers. We just have insurance products or the faith of the US government to bail you out lol

I still believe in digital currency as the future.

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#36

I received an email for every paypal authorized connection I had indicating that it has been terminated. Related? This email confirms that you have canceled your payment agreement with ###### No further payments will be made from your PayPal account to this merchant. If you have any further questions about the agreement, or wish to reinstate it, please contact ###### directly.

Not sure, but anecdotally I haven't received any such notices even though I do have active connections.

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it is illegal depending on the country, Or a scam depending on the receiver, Or centralized if you use a hosted wallet, DeFIs merits on paper sound life changing, but reality is far from it. It's an unorganized, volatile mess.

Not a great message when billionaire tech-heads are getting scammed for seven-figures and are entirely defenseless. If Mark Cuban can't get the vendor/tech mix right, what chances do an average Joe have?

The average Joe has a whole different set of incentives than Mark Cuban.

It's much easier to sort out the smaller set of incentives the average Joe has and align them.

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#38
post #23
post #3

Defi has never been down.

Well yeah, in DeFi you also wouldn't have an anti-fraud gateway because then there'd be no transactions.

I've developed a DeFi anti-fraud gateway, first version runs on stdin:

  yes '"Fraudulent Transaction Detected"'
I also have a json api:

  while true; do echo 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
  Server: anti-fraud gateway
  
  "Fraudulent Transaction Detected"'|nc -l 8123;done

Re: Issue affecting the Gateway API on the Braintree platform

#40

Meanwhile, anyone in Boston who only read the headline is completely unsurprised to hear that the red line isn't running and is wondering how this merits making the front page of HN.

Some context[1] for the non-Bostonians

   Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
   RED LINE
   Ashmont/Braintree
   4 current alerts
So it seems this line is pretty unreliable.

[1] https://www.mbta.com/schedules/Red/line

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