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RE: Have you checked steemit´s daemon lately?
He found an exploit in the system. There is a patch in the works and hopefully a hard fork to stop it soon. https://github.com/steemit/steem/issues/256
I hope they fork his rewards out too.
no his rewards should not be forked out, the exploit is an error in the system, the person in question has merely highlighted a problem. If a cash machine is left open and you can take the cash, then that's the banks fault. If on a crypto-currency you can go around reversing transactions that don't suit, then you can lose a lot of credibility and potentially damage the acceptance of the system. If you are not seen to be completely decentralised then you will be superseded by one that is. Hence the imbalance in mining control in BTC is damaging it's long term viability. It's a weakness that other cryptos are exploiting and gaining traction through.
If the cash machine is left open and you take the cash you got directly to jail. It's theft.
yeah, but they are unlikely to find you if you were quick, most people would at least want to take it, and most people would think it was a lucky event and one to which was worth exploiting. But anyway, it wasn't the best comparison for me to make in relation to this issue (but my latter point stands). This isn't an illegal exploit, if indeed it is an exploit at all. The benefit of someone taking a high profile move against a system is that it gets more attention and we all become a little more aware as to how secure this system is, hopefully before we invest too much of our time and or money, it certainly makes me hold back somewhat more as far as Steemit is concerned, and that's probably not a bad thing.
If someone found exploit in system he should report to developers not exploit it in expense of all other legitimate miners.
in an ideal world, but people by and large do not, as in the DAO hack. That is seen by many as a legitimate exploit within the terms of the contract. I am not really saying I condone it, but these sort of things tend to get more attention and dealt with a lot more urgently when they get high profile attention and cause financial issues.