51% is explicitly defined as consensus
The myth that a supermajority is needed needs to be dispelled.
The consensus mechanism was defined like it is to *exactly* deal with the situation where there is contention. Let hashrate decide.
If some people want to try and undermine this by trying to trick miners into following different chains, let them do so now. Let them reveal their hand. Then we can see who is truly being 'irresponsible', and who is truly 'trying to destroy bitcoin'.
Where is 51% defined as consensus? The whitepaper? Cite please!
Remember the
Nakamoto Consensus The network is robust in its unstructured simplicity. Nodes
work all at once with little coordination. They do not need to be identified, since messages are
not routed to any particular place and only need to be delivered on a best effort basis. Nodes can
leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the proof-of-work chain as proof of what
happened while they were gone. They vote with their CPU power, expressing their acceptance of
valid blocks by working on extending them and rejecting invalid blocks by refusing to work on
them. Any needed rules and incentives can be enforced with this consensus mechanism
No figures needed - voting with their feet is just simple majority - 51% You could say it is implicit.
Any other efforts you have to skew this are just spin.