Smart contracts on Bitcoin

Re:Smart contracts on Bitcoin by gruez on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:33PM (#25782915)

>Maybe under very exceptional circumstances, i.e. a systemic network risk.

that sounds awfully like the justification for bank bailouts.

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Re:Smart contracts on Bitcoin by ryebit on Thursday January 14, 2021 @08:37PM (#25785796)

I think they meant more system technical risk than financial. as in, a change to prevent bypassing private key checks, or minting quadrillions of BTC / ETH beyond the issuance schedule.

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Re:Smart contracts on Bitcoin by Acrobatic_Road on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:43PM (#25783052)

If they didn't go forward with the DAO fork, I'm not sure Ethereum would even exist today.

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