Perhaps your point is more subtle than i'm catching on to, but this is right out of the bitcoin paper abstract: "The longest chain not only serves as proof of

Perhaps your point is more subtle than i'm catching on to, but this is right out of the bitcoin paper abstract: "The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they'll generate the longest chain and outpace attackers." https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf So, literally the group that burns the most energy/space/infrastructure is correct, as far as the system is concerned. if an attacker can burn more cpu, generate a longer chain, they win.