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Just read Vitalik's note and - interestingly enough - there isn't a single word about the potential damage to the miners, only how they could attack the proposa
by ur-whale 6y ago
Just read Vitalik's note and - interestingly enough - there isn't a single word about the potential damage to the miners, only how they could attack the proposal.
In other words, he's simply considering them an enemy when they've in fact been investing blood and treasure for the past 8 years supporting his brainchild.
People may call him a genius, but when they do, they're clearly not talking about his empathy abilities and leadership skills.
- darawk 6y agoThey've been investing money to make money. They're running a business, not a charity. Changes like these are part of the process of improvement, this is exactly what they signed up for.
- ur-whale 6y agoYou're missing my point: yes, they have benefited from the whole thing, no doubt there. But a responsible leader at the very least tries to address the fact that his proposal will throw a major chunk of the ecosystem under the bus and what's worse, on a completely unplanned timeline. And maybe propose mitigating solutions. Instead he immediately paints them as the enemy. Some leader you got there.
- Hammershaft 6y agoI don't know much about Vitalik but I saw him supporting a carbon tax. It might be that he sees mining as a necessary evil to transition from.
- andxor 6y ago> they've in fact been investing blood and treasure They have made a tremendous amount of money by investing in his "brainchild". How are they victims?