2026-01-17 03:27:05

Imagine an extreme scenario: a massive electromagnetic event hits global data centers simultaneously, completely destroying the latest state roots stored in the SSDs of all BNB Chain nodes.

Sounds absurd? But this is a real risk faced by distributed ledger systems—historical blocks may still exist, but no one knows the current account balances. Lista's ledger is frozen at a moment of chaos.

And the horror continues.

The network needs to reboot, and the community must select a rollback point from a historical snapshot. At this moment, whales claim they deposited 100 million BNB one second before the failure and demand it be written into the new ledger. Short sellers turn around and shout: We already liquidated, why should we recognize this money? Without the latest state root as proof, everything becomes a matter of利益博弈 and "mouth wars."

The ultimately restarted ledger may not be an objective fact at all, but a product of political compromises among parties.

This exposes the illusion of the blockchain's "Single Source of Truth." When the sole truth carrier is physically damaged, humans can fabricate countless versions of the truth for利益. At that point, Lista transforms from a financial protocol into a "story generator."

Disclaimer: The above is an extreme hypothetical analysis of data persistence disasters, for discussion purposes only, and does not constitute any investment advice.

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GasFeeCrying

· 12h ago

Haha, this is why I keep saying that on-chain data isn't that sacred. --- Wait, I really believe in the story-telling by whale sharks on the spot; they leave no retail investors behind. --- So in the end, isn't it all about community voting? What's the difference from centralization? --- Laughing to death, when physical failures occur, blockchain turns into a democratic voting conference. --- What kind of ridiculous coincidence would it take to crash everything together? But it is indeed a very hard point to refute. --- Writing political compromises into the ledger—this metaphor is excellent. --- I've been saying for a long time that decentralization is a false proposition; this is the hard evidence now, right?

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BackrowObserver

· 13h ago

Haha, it'll be fun to see how the whales shift blame when the time comes. --- This logic isn't flawed; on-chain data still has to be trusted by people. --- So, blockchain is a trust game—whoever has the bigger fist gets to decide. --- Wait, what about the liquidation records of short sellers? Don't they also need to check historical block data? --- When that day comes, it will probably be another big show, with various hard forks happening again. --- Honestly, I'm just worried about such extreme scenarios—it's possible that the coin value could drop to zero. --- The mouth battle is so real; without evidence, anyone can spout nonsense. --- Instead of fearing this, it's more concerning to worry about a few centralized major nodes—that's truly scary. --- So, decentralization is basically fake; in essence, it's still majority rule. --- This assumption is quite far-fetched, but it does hit the pain point.

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notSatoshi1971

· 13h ago

Haha, this assumption is perfect. In the end, it still comes down to human voting. --- To put it simply, on-chain truth also requires information symmetry to be valid. --- That's why I never go all-in on a single chain. --- I've heard too many versions of the story about the whale with 100 million BNB. Anyway, whoever has the loudest voice is the boss. --- This article is actually about power, just disguised as technology. --- Wait, does this mean the backups are all gone? Then we're back to the Middle Ages. --- The winner-takes-all in the mouth debate, the blockchain community has always been like this.

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nft_widow

· 13h ago

Wow, does this mean that blockchain can also have "democratic voting"? Haha Big whales arguing with short sellers, in the end, whoever speaks louder wins, it's ridiculous Actually, this is a matter of power, there is no absolute truth, everything is driven by interests I just want to know what the exchange would do if this actually happened This perspective is novel, hitting many projects' Achilles' heel But the probability is indeed very low, it's just a theoretical discussion It seems that the cost of financial democratization is like this

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