I've looked at @blocktrades post and while it is good overall, it is completely wrong when it says:
So in the end, while there are no technical or legal limits on what changes can be made in a fork
It is quite ironic given @blocktrades are the biggest victim of this HF23 crime.
The criminal law limits all human behaviour in a country and when that criminal law is pretty universal (like theft) it limits it everywhere.
There is no blockchain exemption to the criminal law.
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies are not complete law free zones, and nor should they be.
Even in a completely decentralised blockchain, its is possible to apply criminal law to witnesses that implement code that commits a serious felony. Complete anonymity from determined a law enforcement operation is very hard to achieve as Ross Ulbricht and many others have found.
If the law breached is universal then extradition can and will happen.
In this case though it is easy for law enforcement, because Steem is completely controlled by Justin Sun.
Justin Sun cannot hide behind Steemit Inc in a criminal conspiracy charge and indeed all entities between Justin Sun and @dev365 (including potentially the Tron Foundation) will also be caught.
We absolutely CAN beat Justin Sun in Court and either put him behind bars for a long time (if China doesn't protect him) or prevent him ever leaving China again.
What would you say if I told you Hive was the original chain and Steem was the airdrop? Considering all the value lies in the layer zero community, this is pretty much the case. You might find you're actually doing legwork for the opposing team.
Do you think Justin Sun has zero lawyers?
We are playing his game now.
We are out of our element.