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The difference here is that the DAO was openly asserting the claim that it would surpass the need for lawyers and the legal system. That software-enforced contracts were all you needed.

Traditional software makes no such claim.

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So basically they think they can rewrite contract law because they said so?

there was a lot of bold, revolutionary thinking in the early days of crypto, and definitely a lot of naivety. There still is, but the realities of the world have tempered it a bit.

but yeah, basically.

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