Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by deegles on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @02:18PM
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Forking to add features and expand capabilities is great. I'm not arguing against that. I disagree with forking to undo the effects of a hack on a contract.
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Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by onestone on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:29PM
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You speak as if this was an individual's decision. It was not. Vitalik may be influential, but it was not his decision to fork. The community decided so, by a significant majority.
Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by nas on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:22PM
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Didn't the majority of the people deciding to fork stand to profit? I.e. they would restore their DAO funds? That's my understanding and makes me not want to touch Ethereum with a 10ft pole. Seems very much like mob rule vs a system of rules and contracts.
Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by onestone on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:04PM
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No, the people deciding to fork were the ETH holders. A lot of them owned DAO tokens, but not a majority, probably about 10%. There was a coin vote before the fork which showed about 85% support, and the result was confirmed by the market after the fork (ETH is about 10x more expensive than ETC).