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		8note on Sept 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Investors sue Treasury Department for blacklisting... They could if they really wanted to. The ethereum block chain has rolled back to protect rich people's money

rglullis on Sept 12, 2022 [–]

Ok, seems like it is time to debunk the usual shitstorm of "arguments"...

There was no "rollback". The DAO hack was reverted through a state change that only happened because there was a consensus on the miners to do it.

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