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by cinntaile 1423 days ago
If you ignore the fact that the actual law might have something to say about this, then sure.
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But that's exactly what the decentralized crowd is arguing. You encode transactions and no centralized authority (e.g. a country's judicial system backed by people with guns) can override it. A natural consequence is that no one can override a mistake either.

Legal contracts in the physical world can be poorly drafted as well. But courts don't usually allow ludicrous results arising from honest mistakes.

The law doesn't care if I argue it doesn't apply to me.