Re:The DAO, the Hack, the Soft Fork and the Hard Fork
by dingo_bat on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:15AM
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You can't have majority ignore the rules just because they are the majority. The software was law. It was disregarded. Now whatever the law is, it's meaningless. Note how in real life, people cannot be prosecuted retroactively. If what they did was a crime at that time, only then will there be punishment.
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Re:The DAO, the Hack, the Soft Fork and the Hard Fork
by jvdizzle on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:45AM
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Actually you can-- look up jury nullification.
When the slaves from the southern US started escaping north and towards Canada, many northerners who aided them were put on trial because technically they broke a law because slaves were considered property.
The jury would acquit them because they did not believe in the spirit of the law.
Some people believe jury nullification is required for a truly democratic justice system.
Also in this scenario, the fork is essentially the majority's way of saying "we don't believe in the spirit of this contract, it wasn't meant to behave that way." Obviously, that brings up many complications. But the majority believed that a fork is essential to save the platform and worth the potential split in the community.