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ForkLog 41 01.10.2024

“Code Is Law”: harmful myth or workable concept?

In the crypto industry, the Code Is Law principle is seen by many as foundational. According to the concept proposed by activist Lawrence Lessig back in 1999, applied to blockchain, autonomously running smart‑contract code defines the essence of the deal, the rules of its execution and the relationship between the parties. If it permits something, […]

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ForkLog 18 10.04.2024

‘I am sure who hacked The DAO’: an interview with Laura Shin, host of Unchained

Laura Shin is an American journalist specialising in the crypto economy and host of the popular Unchained podcast. In 2021 she published The Cryptopians, about Ethereum’s early history, which is now available in Russian. ForkLog spoke with Laura about the lessons the community failed to learn from The DAO’s collapse, how Vitalik Buterin has changed […]

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ForkLog 8 21.08.2022

Architect of The DAO Stefan Tual Leaves Ethereum Community

The developer Stefan Tual, who stood at the origins of the ill-fated The DAO project, has left the Ethereum community.

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ForkLog 10 22.02.2022

Journalist names alleged The DAO hacker

Journalist Laura Shin claimed the involvement of TenX's former co-founder and chief financial officer Toby Henisha in The DAO hack. She wrote about this in a Forbes article, published to accompany the February 22 investigative book.

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ForkLog 7 22.09.2021

Senator Elizabeth Warren Cannot Tell The DAO From MakerDAO

Representatives of the DeFi project MakerDAO managed to arrange a phone call with US Senate Banking Committee member Elizabeth Warren, who has spoken out against cryptocurrencies. She displayed knowledge that fell short for a legislator in this field.

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ForkLog 109 29.06.2016

Ethereum Soft Fork Under Threat of DDoS Attacks

The situation around the attempts to bring back the lost assets of The DAO is gradually gaining farcical shades. This time, the soft fork proposed by Ethereum developers may never occur because yet another vulnerability has been discovered. The soft fork in question is aimed at blocking target DAO address, so that the organization will […]

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ForkLog 76 29.06.2016

The DAO: What Dreams May Come

It hasn’t been a while since the recursive call and leakage of three million ETH from the DAO, but the events continue making their turns.

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ForkLog 107 27.06.2016

Ethereum Soft Fork Voting Commences

Several major Ethereum mining pools, namely, Dwarfpool, Ethpool and Ethremine, have launched a voting system enabling miners to express their views on The DAO’s soft fork.

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ForkLog 99 22.06.2016

The Robin Hood Team: The DAO’s Assets May Return Without a Hardfork

A joint team of Ethereum Project, Slock.it and some anonymous developers which calls itself the Robin Hood team intends to bring back the ethers stolen from the DAO without hard-forking Ethereum.

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ForkLog 86 22.06.2016

The Counter-Attack on The DAO Quickly Drains Its Funds

A white hat attack on The DAO led by Alex Van de Sande of the Ethereum Foundation has been launched to protect its funds.

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ForkLog 126 20.06.2016

Cryptospace News Digest, June 12 – 19

The DAO drama, panic at exchanges, bitcoin’s future and a bit of blockchain for the future â€” all the week’s events in ForkLog’s traditional overview.

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ForkLog 159 17.06.2016

Recursive Call: The DAO on the Brink of Death and Ethereum To Be Hardforked

Ethereum Foundation headed by Vitalik Buterin opted to save the DAO funds for investors. However, the latter will only have an option of withdrawing funds. The DAO, as it may seem, is no more.

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