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I agree that there’s some line, but if we’re really talking about $1.5bn & it really is a theft, it seems reasonable to me. /shrug
It’s probably money laundering anyway, but I dunno. If the blockchain is protected through a decentralized ledger, couldn’t they vote via governance?
Keep in mind, I read the headline & not the article. I got no clue what chain or crypto involves the story. The web3 world gave me a salary boost, and that was enough for me. It was stressful working in a grey area at times.
It's Ethereum, so close relevance to anything web3.
It won't seem reasonable to the people developing the software or running the staking nodes whose consensus would be needed, see https://nakamoto.com/credible-neutrality/ for an idea of why. Basically the idea is that the more a network acts to impartially execute algorithms than as a subjective governance body, the more it can be relied on without worrying about the potential bias of that governance, and that impartiality is at the core of its actual value. The whole "code is law" thing might not be literal reality, there is a line, but that line is located at an existential threat to the network itself (ie. the DAO hack hardfork which was the only time this was really done, or the plans for a hard fork to recover after a hypothetical quantum computing attack breaks encryption on all wallets).
If there was an office somewhere practically able to wield a ctrl-z button for Ethereum accepting support tickets for its use, that would be a very different sort of cryptocurrency and imo not one that would be likely to work out.
Anyway this kind of hack does suck, but I think ultimately the lesson just has to be for people to either self custody or avoid crypto entirely. Centralized crypto exchanges rarely deserve the trust placed in them.