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by latchkey 921 days ago
Technically, it is just the frontends. You can always interact with the contracts directly and that can't ever be shut down (if you know what you're doing). Can you do that with your bank?

Let's also not forget that every other website on the planet that relies on npm also relies on the blind trust of unverified UI components. This isn't just silo'd to crypto.

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> Let's also not forget that every other website on the planet that relies on npm also relies on the blind trust of unverified UI components.

It feels like you think you're making a really good point here. In reality, it's just a run-of-the-mill appeal to popularity. The programmers doing this sort of thing on other websites are in the wrong, too.