Seeing a lot of posts about ETH "rollback".

It's slightly annoying seeing how easily people jump on bandwagons without any reflection, though as I'll say in a moment, I don't mean to imply there's nothing to discuss.

First, there is no evidence they are thinking about doing it. Second, this case is not like the DAO because the funds are not locked in a fixed location, allowing a very convenient funds-reassigning 'state transition'. Third, it's not like the DAO because it's a trivially small part of the supply vs like 15%. (I guess 4th is that you wouldn't get "consensus", but tbh they didn't get overwhelming consensus for the DAO, so...).

The real talking point of course is that this scenario *might* be possible. Having an "ETH foundation" has always been part of the problem, but proof of stake - one of the principal arguments in favor of the DAO rollback 9 yrs ago btw - really creates the problem. If the government can point to strong evidence that a) NK is receiving regular staking rewards and b) ETH foundation could choose to implement a blockage, or funds reassignment, then they could be in significant trouble.

The original sin of the DAO funds reassignment is why this is not purely a flight of fancy (albeit, v. unlikely still, imo).

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Think about bitcoin. You can sleep better at night, and not have to make those sort of statements.

The fact people are discussing the possibility shows why you need to destroy the possibility of it.

For every major crisis, this will happen.

Then suddenly they will finally do it.

And if they don’t they will get accused of not taking action.

ETH (and all other centralized shit) is doomed to fail.