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Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum by drcode on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:45AM (#13659452)
Democracies do this all the time, like for slave emancipation, eminent domain, redistricting, etc.
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Re:Trust: the inside story of the rise and fall of Ethereum by jbmorgado on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:22AM (#13659658)
No, that's not like that at all. In the examples you made, you are giving people MORE rights from THAT point onwards.

In the ETH case, you are creating a law to REVERT a previous deal. Democracies don't do that.

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