a majority of clients agree that the longest chain of blocks is the correct one If you squint, that's kind of true for Git repositories, too. The version with

a majority of clients agree that the longest chain of blocks is the correct one If you squint, that's kind of true for Git repositories, too. The version with the most "proof of work" on it is likely the master branch. Of course the incentives are very different... but still, the similarity is somewhat illuminating, I think.