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> majority of the Bitcoin software authors would agree to do so The majority of miners would need to adopt the new software, and in theory the "economic majori
by tlrobinson 13y ago
> majority of the Bitcoin software authors would agree to do so
The majority of miners would need to adopt the new software, and in theory the "economic majority" would too: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Economic_majority https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Economic_majority
- Perseids 13y agoI didn't differentiate between them, because - really - do you think the miners take a close look at the protocol the software they are using actually implements? Much less so the end users. I see the software engineers of the Bitcoin clients as a largely underestimated force in the network dynamics. Even one subtly placed bug could bring down the whole currency in the long run.