Ethereum Takes the Stage As Devcon2 Begins
Like any good movie, mission impossible music metaphorically came on last night around midnight London time, just hours before the opening of Devcon2, as Geth nodes – used by most of ethereum’s network – suddenly started crashing at block 2,283,416. Some villain, who presumably just wanted to see the world burn, had coded a smart contract asking everyone, in German, to Go Home, while everyone was asleep in Shanghai, resting for the big day. The Hyatt hotel must have been bombarded with phone calls around 4AM Shanghai time sending the impeccable development team, half asleep, to the war....
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