The original Bitcoin release (and whitepaper) made the mistake of reaching consensus by selecting the longest chain instead of the chain with the most accumulat

The original Bitcoin release (and whitepaper) made the mistake of reaching consensus by selecting the longest chain instead of the chain with the most accumulated work. The distinction is subtle but important, since the amount of PoW per block varies. This was quietly fixed early on in Bitcoin's history: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/40cd0369419323f8d7385950e20342e998c994e1#diff-623e3fd6da1a45222eeec71496747b31R420 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/40cd0369419323f8d7...