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Why would it not be agreed to follow the majority of the miners? That's literally the whole basis of the blockchain. The chain with the most work wins. If you d
by 6nf 10y ago
Why would it not be agreed to follow the majority of the miners? That's literally the whole basis of the blockchain. The chain with the most work wins. If you don't like it then you can make your own fork, nobody is going to care or try to stop you.
- Dylan16807 10y agoBecause the different chains are abiding by different rules. Software A sees both chains as valid, while software B only sees the shorter chain as valid. The result is a conflict that cannot be easily resolved. It's a human consensus problem. (And don't say that only the original version of the bitcoin rules are valid, or that would mean that bitcoin actually disintegrated years ago.)