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If there's very high interdependence and dependence on a scarce shared resource, they could be locked in. An non-code example is deciding which side of the road
by sacrosancty 4y ago
If there's very high interdependence and dependence on a scarce shared resource, they could be locked in. An non-code example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. If 99% of the population chose to change from left to right, the remaining 1% would prevent that from working. The 99% can't just build a parallel road network for themselves because of limited space.
- yardstick 4y agoDepends on who instigated the change. The 1% of people being those with the authority to make the change. Samoa changed road direction a while ago. Not everyone was on board, but it happened anyway. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8243110.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8243110.stm
- maxerickson 4y agoIf 99% of Bitcoin users/hash power switched over to a different set of rules, the 1% wouldn't matter, the 99% would ignore them. They could whinge and cry all they wanted. I'm not sure the analogy even works, but in the case of driving, if 99% decided to switch how the roads were to be used, I assure you that literal resistance would not be tolerated. There might be some incidents, but there wouldn't be very many before the 1% were the ones getting pushed around.