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The value of the digital currency Ethereum has dropped dramatically amid an apparent huge attack targeting an organisation with huge holdings of the currency.

The price per unit dropped to $15 from record highs of $21.50 in hours, with millions of units of the digital currency worth as much as $50 million stolen at post-theft valuations.

At a pre-theft valuation, it works out as a staggering $79.6 million.

Ethereum developers have proposed a fix that they hope will neutralise the attacker and prevent the stolen funds from being spent.

The core Ethereum codebase does not appear to be compromised.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethereum

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/50-million-hack-just-showed-dao-human/

http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Bitcoin

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=blockchain

The code behind the biggest crowdfunded project ever was supposed to eliminate the need to trust humans. But humans are tough to take out of the equation.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethereum

http://www.wired.com/2016/06/50-million-hack-just-showed-dao-human/

http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Bitcoin

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=blockchain