kaal:claim:2992962-020

Even if courts were given authority to order changes to smart contract code, a programmer coerced by a court could not override the will of the majority of anonymous international blockchain users to make an effective change.

Source quote, verbatim

Even if courts were given such authority, no programmer so coerced by the court would be able to override the will of the majority of anonymous international blockchain users to make an effective change.

From

Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017), c) Limited Regulatory Oversight, p. 41
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962 · source PDF

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Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962

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decentralized blockchains maintained by an anonymous global user majority

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failuresupport: arguedfailure: coerced-programmer-cannot-override-majorityfamily: enforcement-gapconsensus-and-securitycompliance

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