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exploit: "a software tool designed to take advantage of a flaw in a computer system" The exploit was on a poorly written smart contract, not ethereum itself, c
by jnpn 10y ago
exploit: "a software tool designed to take advantage of a flaw in a computer system"
The exploit was on a poorly written smart contract, not ethereum itself, correct -- I never said otherwise.
>the judgement of the Ethereum devs to have ultimate control and veto power over anything
This is the misinformation I'm talking about. The Ethereum devs had neither control nor veto power. That's simply not how hard forking works.
It was made clear multiple times that the decision was up to the community.[1][2] The decision was coordinated via a decentralized community hashpower vote,[3][4] and executed via a majority hashpower commitment.[5] Exchanges and the foundation carried on with the longest chain[6] as is intended with nakamoto consensus.[7]
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4r9yud/the_current_hf_status/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4r9yud/the_curren...
[2]https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4ro2p9/options_in_the_hard_fork_slockit_blog/d52oizp https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4ro2p9/options_in...
[3]https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tlb1y/hard_fork_voting_and_node_adoption_results_day_2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tlb1y/hard_fork_...
[4]https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tffta/hard_fork_voting_and_node_adoption_results/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tffta/hard_fork_...
[5]https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tsl16/new_blog_post_from_ethereums_vitalik_buterin_hard/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4tsl16/new_blog_p...
[6]https://poloniex.com/press-releases/2016.07.15-Ethereum-Hard-Fork/ https://poloniex.com/press-releases/2016.07.15-Ethereum-Hard...
[7]http://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/ http://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/
- wyager 10y agoThe "vote" was opt-out of the hard fork, and most people are not involved enough to opt out. Effectively, the devs just decided for everyone else.
- AroundTheBlock_ 10y agoThat is incorrect. The Mist browser forces you to select a choice upon startup. There was no default. Mist is the most popular client.
- wyager 10y agoAnd for those who didn't open mist while the vote was taking place?
- zeven7 10y agoNothing happened for them... Mist is a client that lets you see your balances and send ether or other tokens from one account to another. If you don't open Mist, you don't send any coins on one chain or the other, and nothing happens with your accounts.
- jabgrabdthrow 10y agoThe "vote" is ETC. Your examples make me happy you are not an authority figure and also makes me want to donate to the NRA