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The whole sales pitch of ETH is that the code is the contract. Thus the contract is literally the codified agreement of intent of the parties. There is no int

• Xeoncross 9y ago
  "the myth of communication is that it has occurred"
  • sova 9y ago
    George Bernard Shaw! :)
• 0xfeba 9y ago
  > There can be no need of a hard fork. Except that one time with the DAO.
• cloudhead 9y ago
  Well said. The issue here is that the code and semantics of the language (Solidity) were (are) both very poor at communicating and codifying intent.
  • Bromskloss 9y ago
    The point, then, is that it is the code that matters, even if one party later says "oh, this isn't what I meant". That's the _point_ of using a "hard" blockchain as opposed to transactions that can be subjected to the judgement of "soft" people even after they have taken place.
• Bromskloss 9y ago
  Indeed. Last time this happened, it was _almost_ funny how people argued (successfully) for an undoing of their mistake, even though their very own business proposal [0] stated as clear as it could possibly be stated that the exact code would set the rules, and come before any other interpretation: > The terms of The DAO Creation are set forth in the smart contract code existing on the Ethereum blockchain at 0xbb9bc244d798123fde783fcc1c72d3bb8c189413. Nothing in this explanation of terms or in any other document or communication may modify or add any additional obligations or guarantees beyond those set forth in The DAO’s code. Any and all explanatory terms or descriptions are merely offered for educational purposes and do not supercede or modify the express terms of The DAO’s code set forth on the blockchain; to the extent you believe there to be any conflict or discrepancy between the descriptions offered here and the functionality of The DAO’s code at 0xbb9bc244d798123fde783fcc1c72d3bb8c189413, The DAO’s code controls and sets forth all terms of The DAO Creation. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160704190119/https://daohub.org/explainer.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160704190119/https://daohub.or...
• toddh 9y ago
  The interpreter is the law. That's the only code that matters. If someone else owns the interpreter there is no other contract that matters.
• cryptolife 9y ago
  http://cryptosecretsociety.com http://cryptosecretsociety.com they claim responsibility. They are a Crypto Secret Society
• draw_down 9y ago
  Yes, precisely.
• _nalply 9y ago
  People who work with Law know that acts are not written into stone, because what matters is the stance of the greater society. An example are unlawful acts of rogue states. People have been sentenced to death because they followed acts by rote. The idea that the code is the contract is therefore doomed to failure.