The truth is much more complex. Governance is hard. I can tell you first-hand that Ethereum Foundation has no power-hungry nasty folk
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Both "crypto people are greedy" and "code is law" extremes are untrue. "Blockchains are immutable" is also an over-simplification.
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Blockchains have crypto-economic incentives to make it very expensive for bad-actors to work against the consensus would be truer.
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Read this for a perspective on the Ethereum hard-fork as an expression OF social justice and humanity:https://twitter.com/BobSummerwill/status/756186327251505152 …
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Black-and-white thinkers say "this wasn't a theft, because he 'played by the rules". Hard-forks say ... err, no. Theft is theft.
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That, to me, is the greatest expression of social justice I can imagine. The community coming together and saying "Fuck you, thief!"
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And you can point to "low turnout" in the polls, but that is hardly unique is it?
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My point was about cryptocurrencies in general—have met so many libertarians on a get rich quick fix that I’ve lost count.
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The 'hardfork' was a denial of the most fundamental principle of the chain. And It was done for cash cow retention: Thus ... 1+1=2
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I've heard that the whole scene is infested with these types of individuals
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@aral perhaps the beauty now is that stooges can't send cops to beat people in protests, but have to leave them gather consensus in peace.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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