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Yes. Satoshi did it in 2010 [0], core devs did it in 2013 [1]. Most of the "community" are just sheep. They will turn on a dime and follow the shepherds whereve
by hudon 5y ago
Yes. Satoshi did it in 2010 [0], core devs did it in 2013 [1]. Most of the "community" are just sheep. They will turn on a dime and follow the shepherds wherever they go. So you don't have to convince so many individuals to really convince the whole flock.
[0] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Value_overflow_incident https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Value_overflow_incident
[1] https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2015/07/28/analyzing-the-2013-bitcoin-fork-centralized-decision-making-saved-the-day/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2015/07/28/analyzing-the-2013-...
- chitowneats 5y ago"This was possible because the code used for checking transactions before including them in a block didn't account for the case of outputs so large that they overflowed when summed" Provable bugs in the system are not the same as accidentally exposing one's keys. Let's say I bought a used motorcycle from someone with BTC. Then I spam the community claiming the individual I bought from had in fact used malware to access my machine and stole the coin that way. The community to my knowledge has never reversed such a loss, nor should they be responsible for doing so.