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Notably, 'altering the ledger' here has a very restricted meaning. You can spend money, then reverse the spend back into your wallet. Or you can commit to a pie
by Taek 9y ago
Notably, 'altering the ledger' here has a very restricted meaning. You can spend money, then reverse the spend back into your wallet. Or you can commit to a piece of information, then delete it.
But you can't alter the core protocol or fundamental network rules. If you do, the other nodes will ignore you.
- kahnpro 9y agoBut this is the fundamental question it's all about... the expectation that the other nodes will ignore you. Somehow "the other nodes" have reached consensus about what protocols or rules to follow, and this is where we end up back at human governance.