Flash Loans Demand Lightning-Fast Repayment—Or Else
DeFi’s riskiest trick? Borrow millions without collateral—but you’ve got exactly one blockchain block to pay it back. Tick tock.
How it works: These uncollateralized loans exploit blockchain’s atomic transactions—execute perfectly or the whole thing reverts. No bankers, no paperwork, just code-enforced deadlines tighter than a VC’s runway.
Warning: Mess up the repayment, and your transaction fails while gas fees burn. The blockchain giveth, and the blockchain taketh away—with interest.
Bonus jab: Wall Street’s ’settlement days’ look downright medieval next to this 12-second ultimatum. Maybe banks should try working at crypto speed—if they can handle the transparency.
