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The "proof of stake" vote wasn't binding. In the bitcoin world, this would be called a 51% percent attack. What really matters is what the miners choose to do.
by tdaltonc 10y ago
The "proof of stake" vote wasn't binding.
In the bitcoin world, this would be called a 51% percent attack. What really matters is what the miners choose to do.
- 467568985476 10y agoThanks for clearing that up - rereading the article, I see now that I missed the sentence describing the informal, non-binding nature of the vote.
- onestone 10y agoMiners majority decides only with soft forks. A hard fork is a consensus protocol change, the economic majority can split even without the majority of miners (of course it is nice to have the miners on board as well).