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But, first things first: VRC is pretending, so far, to be all solutions to all things. Which cannot be. It has to DEFINITE what it is, first and, way more importantly, set the CLEAR path to follow. We cannot pretend the rollback did not happen. If we pretend to remain a purist crypto coin that will allow thieves to get away with robbery and fraud, like every other crypto seems to be, it will be not credible and confusing; if we, on the other hand, state, clearly that yes, we welcome regulation, yes we will do anything possible when circumstances warrant to avoid the investors getting hurt and the thieves left to dry, then we are talking to an audience. And gaining their trust and support. Maybe it isn't the core crypto purists, but it will be, I bet, a much bigger one, much closer to the mainstream. (...)
You make a very good point here, because that is exactly what I thought in the days after the hardfork.
When the FUDers arrived here after the hack I defended the decision to fork the blockchain and I felt closer to this community because of it.
But when the DEVs announced, that they cannot do this again, I felt disappointed. Now the FUDers and thieves like BobSuperFlop will continue their troll campaign, without anyone of the community being able to defend the coin as we did right after the hack, because "hey: we cannot do this again"
We now accept the rules of any other crypto - the rules of thieves and scammers.
All the hacks and thefts in bitcoin/crypto are turning mainstream off.
The decision was right and will be right in the future.
I hope and think the community has a similar point of view as I have about making a thief hold an empty bag - and that is all I need to feel alright with my investment in vericoin - price is second here.
EDIT: but please avoid the term bitcoin purist - these people are more like crypto dirt not so pure at all.