Sometimes you need to break eggs to make an omelette. At the time, not hard-forking would have made the very concept of programmable blockchain a no-go area, n

Sometimes you need to break eggs to make an omelette. At the time, not hard-forking would have made the very concept of programmable blockchain a no-go area, never mind the damage to the project and the initial investors with some 10% of the whole token supply being drained because of a software bug. In a way, the decision to hard-fork proves the Ethereum Foundation and community are truly committed to creating a new internet and we will do whatever it takes to make it a success.