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Hackers stole billions in crypto to keep North Korea’s regime afloat

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125 points Bostonian | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 13:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.464s | source
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horacemorace ◴[03 Apr 25 14:01 UTC] No.43569825[source]▶
If cryptocurrencies are self-regulating, aren’t the techniques used by these hackers actually the best and most effective way to play the game by its own rules? Calling this behavior “cheating” smells of sore-loserism.
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kelsey978126[dead post] ◴[03 Apr 25 14:14 UTC] No.43570009[source]▶
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1. _1 ◴[03 Apr 25 14:24 UTC] No.43570152[source]▶
What does this sentence even mean?
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2. erikerikson ◴[03 Apr 25 14:46 UTC] No.43570514[source]▶
It is a reference to Magic The Gathering. Blue decks are known for wildly changing the rules of the game. Black decks are known for interacting with death and the graveyard which is where cards go after they are used.

A paraphrasing of the GP without using magic terminology is to say that they are playing by the rules in an unexpected way using unexpected combinations and sequences. More briefly "playing by the rules as written".