Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by neilk on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:05PM
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> Not sure why the url path includes 'rise and fall' in it,
These days publications are continually A/B testing headlines.
Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by shuzhang on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:18PM
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Fair enough.
Then I'd argue maybe one headline they're A/B testing is sensationalist, but the article itself isn't, nor does it feel like the article is at all making a point about the 'fall' of Ethereum.
Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by kawera on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:58PM
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I'm the OP and I didn't editorialized the title - I never do that. Probably something out of my control happened in the mean time.
Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum
by windwake12 on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:07PM
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It's in the document title.
The main point of the article isn't that people are losing trust in Ethereum. It's that there's no platform that truly avoids the need to trust other human beings (as some apparently believe). That code is not absolute law because the community can choose to change it and affect pre-existing contracts. I don't think he bashes Ethereum at all, but is just making the case that, if you believe you can rely on a platform like this to avoid the need to trust in human decisions, you're fooling yourself.