Episode Notes

Oktahedron Podcast

Oktahedron is a podcast by Ksenya @j32804 and Dirk Jäckel @dirkjaeckel.
We do not endorse any opinions presented here. This is just a selection of decent posts.

Overview

Very detailed overview of The DAO Attack, the exploit, soft fork & hard fork scenarios, including an awesome diagram representing the architecture of the attack.
The Big TheDAO Heist FAQ

As it usually is with mainstream-ish media, this article has some degree of approximation. We post it here just to see what the media says.
Motherboard article on Ethereum and The DAO

The Fork Dilemma

We were unsure what to think ourselves, whether to support or oppose the idea of either a soft or a hard fork. First feeling was to oppose the hard fork, as it undermines the idea of the immutability of the blockchain. But after researching the topic more, we could consider it as a good solution.

Statement in support of soft fork and rather heated discussion on whether it will compromise the whole idea of the immutable blockchain:
Personal statement regarding the fork

Gavin’s response to The DAO attack—both verbal and practical—by releasing a version of the Parity client which can support the fork.
Attack on TheDAO: What will be your response?

A short post in support of the fork.
A Lesson in Humility

P2P Foundation post with a slightly different perspective. Very positive, a bit hippie. Blockchains are still better than banks.
EthereumDAO Hack Proves Better Banks

Insightful post from the Parity team—no sides really taken, just what can be done. Short and sweet. I might not always agree with posts coming from the Parity team, but they usually have good reasoning.
Our DAO Response

Legal Aspects

Some points on legal aspects that we decided not to cover ourselves.
Very long, but interesting video covering The DAO:
The DAO Video

Useful article on the complexity of using blockchain to encode complex public contracts (written by a lawyer and a blockchain expert).
Failing Fast vs. Failing Unnecessarily

The DAO Attacker

A number of “messages from the DAO Attacker” have been popping up here and there on the internet. None of them are proven to be coming from a person or a team of people who orchestrated the attack.

• [To The DAO and The Ethereum Community: F*** You](http://trilema.com/201

Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Example Resource
• Helpful Article

Transcript

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