Hi everybody,
I have a question. Just out of my curiousity
Independently of ethical aspects and the blockchain philosophy, could miners freeze (or block) an address by ignoring its transactions?
For example, suppose an ICO is confirmed to be a scam. The raised money is in a sense lost forever from the investors' standpoint.
But, could miners block the funds so that scammers cannot use them by ignoring any request to send funds from the scam address to a personal address?
I know miners can ignore a low fee transaction. So it seems technically possible.
I repeat, I don't want to start a discussion on ethical issues and how this goes against the philosophy of decentralized economy where nobody can control others.
Mine is just a technical question.