CoinSwap Altcoin Exchange Stumbles, Recovers Gracefully after 3 Day Outage

CoinSwap Altcoin Exchange Stumbles, Recovers Gracefully after 3 Day Outage

CoinSwap attempted an upgrade on Thursday, December 18th, which resulted in an outage lasting until 10:00 AM Eastern on Monday, December 22nd. This afternoon we talked with site owner Ian Childress to learn more about the outage. The outage itself was due to an oversight during the upgrade. A unique index for the site database was missing, which caused incorrect balances for some accounts, and permitted others to attempt to place oversized orders or withdraw more coins than they actually had. The community's IRC channel spotted this problem before any serious damage was done, and the....


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