{"id":983,"date":"2016-06-20T13:08:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T13:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2018-02-07T07:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T07:43:01","slug":"why-ethereum-dao-collapse-is-good-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/why-ethereum-dao-collapse-is-good-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Why the Ethereum DAO collapse is good for the cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The news of the <b>Ethereum DAO<\/b> hacker attack is riding high and of course it brings lots of damages for the ethereum investors who stored about $150m of the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it is always a good behavior to understand and see the other side of the coin, we would say.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In fact, any negative event can allow to have a better environment and more secure technologies.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A similar thing happened with the <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/category\/mt-gox\">Mt Gox<\/a> disaster, when we learned that an exchange must be built with more care and attention.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As <b>Matthew Spoke<\/b>, co-founder and CEO of <b>blockchain startup Nuco,<\/b> explained on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/\">Coindesk<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cthe DAO attack will likely be reversed, as per Vitalik\u2019s proposal; owners of TDT will be able to retrieve their ETH after the proposed hard fork; The DAO will be emptied of its investments; and future distributed autonomous organizations will learn from the lessons\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3>Ethereum DAO: what happened?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 17th, an unknown hacker (or a group of hackers) stole $60m in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethereum.org\/\">Ethereum<\/a> coins from the DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that used the <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/microsoft-to-sponsor-ethereum-devcon1.html\">Ethereum<\/a> Blockchain to leverage smart contracts and to provide a platform where people can vote and fund projects.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously last week the DAO experienced another issue but it was fixed soon by the open-source community and the Etheruem DAO structure and problem-solving techniques.<\/div>\n<h3>Universal Wallet<\/h3>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holytransaction.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/HTBannerOrange-8.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"166\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to have a safe and secure wallet to store your Ethereum, you should visit <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HolyTransaction.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here you can store your Ethereum, but also several other digital currencies including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and more.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news of the Ethereum DAO hacker attack is riding high and of course it brings lots of damages for the ethereum investors who stored about $150m of the cryptocurrency. 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