The entire hard fork idea was a case of "your choices are shit and shit, pick one". On one hand, if the hard fork fails, the hacker gets away with millions of d

The entire hard fork idea was a case of "your choices are shit and shit, pick one". On one hand, if the hard fork fails, the hacker gets away with millions of dollars, representing a very large chunk of the entire market. On the other hand, if the hard fork succeeds, the entire idea of a decentralized currency where everyone's equal and there are no higher authorities (i.e., corporations or governments) to intervene against you is dead.