Hive: How we strived for a clean fork

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The DAO soft-fork attempt was difficult. Not only did it turn out that we underestimated the side effects on the consensus protocol (i.e. DoS vulnerability), but we also managed to introduce a data race into the rushed implementation that was a ticking time bomb. It was not ideal, and even...

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Published:July 22, 2016 at 09:36 AM
Source:Ethereum Foundation Blog
Category:Crypto
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