by you logic, every change to bitcoins protocol rules were impossible, because “less than 50% of the node runners” were using the software at some point 🤣
incentives are colliding, that’s how bitcoin arbitrates contention.
the dust must settle before anyone can say “what consensus has formed”
hylomorphic / Neal
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2026-03-06 17:51:46 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…84qh
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