Re:How to Learn Solidity: The Ultimate Ethereum Coding Guide
by Jabanga on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:44AM
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It was hacked from the perspective of ordinary people.
I address the sanctity of the protocol in an earlier comment:
>The rules of a mature Ethereum protocol should be neutral to the intentions of users, including those that one would reasonably characterize as hackers, but Ethereum was not a mature protocol at the time. It was effectively in early-stage beta.
>What's the indication that anyone is aware of the risks now, or that Ethereum devs are warning people of the risks?
That's what I've observed. I haven't compiled instances of social behaviour that indicates this so I have no objective evidence on-hand.
>The investment in Ethereum has increased -- there are banks getting involved in this shit
They're not putting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ETH in complex smart contracts like the DAO.
I address the sanctity of the protocol in an earlier comment:
>The rules of a mature Ethereum protocol should be neutral to the intentions of users, including those that one would reasonably characterize as hackers, but Ethereum was not a mature protocol at the time. It was effectively in early-stage beta.
>What's the indication that anyone is aware of the risks now, or that Ethereum devs are warning people of the risks?
That's what I've observed. I haven't compiled instances of social behaviour that indicates this so I have no objective evidence on-hand.
>The investment in Ethereum has increased -- there are banks getting involved in this shit
They're not putting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ETH in complex smart contracts like the DAO.