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How a smart-contract flaw can drain millions in seconds

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The beauty of a perfectly automated financial system is how flawlessly it can bankrupt you in milliseconds. Smart contracts run exactly as written without any human oversight. If a subtle logic flaw exists in the decentralized application, automated bots will ruthlessly exploit the vulnerability, draining millions in digital assets before anyone can even press a stop button.

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