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The DAO Disaster Illustrates Differing Philosophies in Bitcoin and Ethereum

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The ETH wasn't really stolen though. I thought a contract was submitted and then executed?

Do you really find that answer a satisfying resolution?

It is the resolution that the architects of the DAO themselves argued. They literally said there is no contract or intention outside of the code of the DAO. Now that the code doesn't work in their favor they want to backtrack on that. In that case, what was the DAO in the first place?

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Private/Federated blockchains are just applied cryptography, which is not the same as the technology behind bitcoin; blockchain & proof-of-work.

Agreed. I think the ship has sailed on the term "blockchain" and it no longer requires decentralization. It means a signed transaction log which can't be secretly forged. Not as sexy as bitcoin, but language is fluid and I think the definition has shifted.

> "which can't be secretly forged"

Not possible without proof-of-work

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Agreed. I think the ship has sailed on the term "blockchain" and it no longer requires decentralization. It means a signed transaction log which can't be secretly forged. Not as sexy as bitcoin, but language is fluid and I think the definition has shifted.

> "which can't be secretly forged" Not possible without proof-of-work

Sure it is. If all blocks are relayed to all participants, theyll have a record of whenever theres an attempt to change the block history.

All they need to do is show two coflicting blocks signed by the "approver"

Re: The DAO Disaster Illustrates Differing Philosophies in Bitcoin and Ethereum

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> "which can't be secretly forged" Not possible without proof-of-work

Sure it is. If all blocks are relayed to all participants, theyll have a record of whenever theres an attempt to change the block history. All they need to do is show two coflicting blocks signed by the "approver"

How was this not possible earlier?
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