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by newobj 3556 days ago
The network protocol agrees that operation F is priced at X, with an understanding that operation F costs Y. The decentralized nature is exactly what makes it hard to suddenly and unilaterally make a policy change of "F is now forbidden, or F now costs 100x more". This is a good thing. It means that people can't make sudden unilateral changes :)