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		wg0 on Nov 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crypto exchange AAX suspends withdrawals Whenever people need to withdraw, "systems can't handle load" is a constant theme with crypto exchanges or is this an overstatement?

rabuse on Nov 14, 2022 | [–]

Having worked on a crpyto exchange myself in the past, it's almost never a technical issue; the traffic isn't bloated with media resources or anything, and those requests were just thrown in a backend queue until they were pushed to the chains.

coffeebeqn on Nov 14, 2022 | [–]

It’s almost like they got greedy and didn’t keep adequate reserves

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