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Non mining nodes are programmed to follow the longest chain. That's so they are: readers. They are not writers. They act like slave nodes in a database. They ha
by zapdrive 5y ago
Non mining nodes are programmed to follow the longest chain. That's so they are: readers. They are not writers. They act like slave nodes in a database. They have insignificant power in the grand scheme of things.
- nlitened 5y agoLongest _valid_ chain. Invalid blocks are just ignored.
- ses1984 5y agoThat’s what miners do as well.
- nlitened 5y agoYes. I just wanted to emphasize that in PoW coins, a rogue miner cannot force the whole network to accept blocks because all network participants (even passive non-miners) will just ignore the "invalid" block.
- ses1984 5y agoNo, but if all the miners fork from all the non mining nodes, the chain with all the miners will be more secure. If a minority of miners side with the non mining nodes, that chain will be more vulnerable to disruption.
- inter_netuser 5y agoWould you hire a security company again, if they refused to protect you when the push comes to shove? That's all miners are. Mercenaries hired for 10 minutes at a time.
- ses1984 5y agoYeah exactly. Not sure if you realize the implication of what happens if you arm a bunch of mercenaries and then fire them and turn your backs on them.
- inter_netuser 5y agoThis has already played out. The breakaway hostile fork is now worth 2 percent of the original work. So..nothing?
- ses1984 5y agoI’m pretty sure that shows that miners follow the money. They will mine whatever chain where they can sell the block reward to the highest bidder. Anyway I don’t think reality is as simple as your last comment suggests. There was a lot going on at the time including a lot of misinformation.