You can achieve consensus at small scale with an empty merge commit that merges several commits made by a quorum of trusted authors. You do not need to solve co

You can achieve consensus at small scale with an empty merge commit that merges several commits made by a quorum of trusted authors. You do not need to solve consensus at a large scale with no trust, and you cannot solve consensus at a large scale with no trust. Bitcoin has some mathematical approximations, but they are approximations, and the 51% attack is not only possible, but highly feasible. There's a reason why " six confirmations" was a long-lasting meme in the Bitcoin community