As to your not seeing a crises, I would point out again that they (exchanges) are not the rightful owners of that airdropped Blurt. They are (in my eyes) performing a criminal act by retaining retention of that Blurt.
they have literally done nothing with the airdrop
doing nothing is not a "criminal act"
Withholding it from the rightful owners could be viewed (I view it as such) as a criminal act. If the bank inadvertently put money into my bank account I'm legally obligated to return it. If they have no intent on giving it to the rightful owners, they legally need to return it.
Yes this 👆
can't they just say "we don't support that network" ?
you can't "obligate" an exchange to support your fork
Yeah in the case of crypto you can’t liken it to a bank, but the airdropped funds would have been earned by virtue of user funds so ethically they should make them available to users or else they should burn them. If they are unresponsive the conmunity can burn them via HF
IF they move the funds THEN they must give them back to the original owners
IF they never move the funds THEN they are not obligated to do anything
Yeah but once they move the funds it’s too late there is nothing we can do, the funds can also be used for voting on consensus which could be a risk, their keys could get compromised if they close down due to bear market conditions or regulation and suddenly you have a blackhat with keys to large sums of blurt to mess with consensus.
the courts are responsible for enforcing the law
you are not responsible for enforcing the law
the scenario you describe "blackhat with keys" could happen at any moment
regardless of what happens with these unclaimed exchange tokens
that's why it is important to maintain neutrality and focus on stability
In this case code is law and consensus witnesses are the enforcers. This is a community matter and governance can act in the interests of the community, those who don’t agree with governance decisions can support a different fork.
it is dangerously authoritarian to use the network itself to enforce moral opinion
targeting specific accounts because they "should" do something or "shouldn't" do something is the wet dream of central banks everywhere
Bitcoin is the neutral network, dpos is 100% governance driven, on dpos governance is law. They are not the same.
what is your personally preferred definition of "governance"
Governance = trusted set of witnesses acting in the best interests of the Blurt blockchain and its community.
imagine if we cut off people's phone service if they said things we dislike ?
imagine if we cut off people's water service if they did things we dislike ?
crypto must be a neutral network
didn't the same thing happen with bitcoin-cash ?
I'm not sure, I don't really follow other crypto much as I'm not a crypto enthusiast. Ultimately I believe it is a tool whose purpose ifs to further enslave us, and is being offered in the way it is now to get folks used to the system and in some cases become so attached to it that a religious like fervor is induced. None of which answered your question, lol.
I just know that the airdrop was not intended for the owners to be the exchanges, and is further an issue when one exchange in itself holds a controlling amount of stake and could at any time decide to install their own witnesses and do whatever they wish here with this stake that doesn't belong to them.