# Ethereum community to decide on the DAO hard fork

DevFeed: [Ethereum community to decide on the DAO hard fork](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/to-fork-or-not-to-fork-16773.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/07/15/to-fork-or-not-to-fork>)

Author: Jeffrey Wilcke

Published: 2016-07-15T10:56:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [Solidity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/solidity.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [exploit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exploit.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [protocol-announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol-announcements.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum community is asked to decide whether to adopt a hard fork related to The DAO. The proposed specification describes transferring ether to a contract for DAO token-holder withdrawals, with the fork choice to be determined by a community vote.

## Source excerpt

The DAO, though not a product developed by the Ethereum Foundation, has been a hot topic as of late, both internally in the organisation as well as within our community. The Hard Fork is a delicate topic and the way we see it, no decision is the right one. As this...