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Re:A Brief History of Blockchain Interoperability by jMyles on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:59PM (#41688649)
> the wanton abandonment of the rule of law we see in that space in practice

This applies only to the laws of the legacy states, not the laws of mathematics.

Blockchains are a highly lawful place in this sense.

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Re:A Brief History of Blockchain Interoperability by LegionMammal978 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @02:27PM (#41689325)
Only insofar as those in power (whether it's soft or hard power) agree to be bound by the mathematical laws. See: the forking of Ethereum from Ethereum Classic, even if the people in charge of the project pinky-promise not to do that again. The underlying social forces can't be eliminated from the equation, as long as humans are involved.
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Re:A Brief History of Blockchain Interoperability by jMyles on Saturday October 05, 2024 @11:35AM (#41750599)
> The underlying social forces can't be eliminated from the equation

...nor is that desirable, or a goal of decentralization. Quite the contrary.

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