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You would essentially "vote" with which fork you were choosing to acknowledge with your own node, should you be running one. Also I'm fairly certain a majority
by jbusma 7y ago
You would essentially "vote" with which fork you were choosing to acknowledge with your own node, should you be running one.
Also I'm fairly certain a majority of hashpower, not just users would need to be on board with the change.
You could argue that as the primary beneficiaries of such a change (increase cap => increased distribution to miners) they would be for it, but I think most rational actors see the catch 22 of trying to profit by removing one of the core attributes that makes bitcoin valuable (it's scarcity)