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The "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.
That is incorrect. The Mist browser forces you to select a choice upon startup. There was no default. Mist is the most popular client.
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That is incorrect. The Mist browser forces you to select a choice upon startup. There was no default. Mist is the most popular client.
And for those who didn't open mist while the vote was taking place?
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There's no indication that the Ethereum Foundation intends to treat the platform as a regulated environment. What the fork shows is that they were willing, at least once, to launch a big effort to save one large faulty contract and its investors, in the still relatively early history of the blockchain. It seems ridiculous to think that Ethereum as a platform will have a serious system of regulation. And that's part o…
No indication? Lol, they act like it's OK to alter the blockchain whenever they stand to lose. Regulation of eth is exactly what they are doing, and what they said they wouldn't during the premine sale. Oh then they tried to steal the coins and sell them but got caught lol! Nobody in their right mind will trust eth again, especially with the actions of the people behind it. Oh and here's some cause and effect for you…
Let me offer some data points:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4vlk4j/consensys_...
Projects confirmed on ETH: Ethereum Foundation, Digix, Maker, Colony, AKASHA, ROULΞTH, Plutus, REIDAO, vDice, SingularDTV, Braveno, Etheropt, otlw, Etherdelta, Swarm, Gnosis, Augur, Velocity, FreeMyVunk, RealityKeys, Golem, EOL, ConsenSys, ICONOMI, EthSlurp, Decibel.LIVE, cPay, Rex, DinarDirham, Embark, Dindle (Decentralised eBook Market), uPort
Projects confirmed on ETC: Stampery, Daemon Dark Market
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There's no indication that the Ethereum Foundation intends to treat the platform as a regulated environment. What the fork shows is that they were willing, at least once, to launch a big effort to save one large faulty contract and its investors, in the still relatively early history of the blockchain. It seems ridiculous to think that Ethereum as a platform will have a serious system of regulation. And that's part o…
No indication? Lol, they act like it's OK to alter the blockchain whenever they stand to lose. Regulation of eth is exactly what they are doing, and what they said they wouldn't during the premine sale. Oh then they tried to steal the coins and sell them but got caught lol! Nobody in their right mind will trust eth again, especially with the actions of the people behind it. Oh and here's some cause and effect for you…
Which makes it seem a bit disingenuous to claim that Ethereum contracts are now "just like" ordinary contracts, or that Ethereum is a "regulated platform."
The hard fork looks like a slightly panicked reaction to a rather extreme situation that threatened to undermine the platform in its very early days.
I don't agree that "nobody in their right mind" would trust Ethereum now and we'll see how that plays out.