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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by kalleboo on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:55AM (#19560865)
> to use for this purpose without fearing that it will get shut down, or the rules would be changed.

Looking at the hard forks in existing cryptocurrencies I wouldn't trust the rules to not change

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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by RexetBlell on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:09AM (#19560926)
Making it hard to change the rules is one of the value propositions of decentralized blockchains. Hard forks are pretty rare and when do happen, they are contentious the original chain survives (for example Ethereum Classic).

Compare this to a centralized entity like Blizzard changing rules in World of Warcraft. Wouldn't you agree that it's much much easier for Blizzard to change the rules in their game, than to change the rules of a blockchain by hard forking?

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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by zacharycohn on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:40AM (#19561041)
But Blizzard doesn't change the rules willy nilly just to screw with you. They change it for balance or in-game economy reasons.
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