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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by slewis on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:09PM (#14581279)
I'm glad the hard fork happened, because it makes clear and public that there is no "coding around" the possibility of human oversight. Better for that to happen early than late IMO. And people sure still seem to be onboard.
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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by kerkeslager on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:21PM (#14581358)
It doesn't make that clear at all. It just makes clear that the Ethereum community is committed to profiteering rather than decentralization.
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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by BenjiWiebe on Sunday June 18, 2017 @02:32PM (#14582082)
I call it decentralization when a huge number of people must agree so the unethical taking of the money is reversed.
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Re:Attempt to Reverse a $55 Million Ether Heist by kerkeslager on Sunday June 18, 2017 @03:21PM (#14582351)
You're describing democracy, not decentralization. Democracy is rule centralized in the majority.
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