I see your point about malicious forking. At this point I need others view points to consider.
side note for you both,
"malicious
forking"
many people are over using umbrella terms. of "forking"
try to stick with clear definitions (even im using gmaxwells buzzwords to keep things clear(so even he cant poke the bear))
EG soft = pools move without node
EG hard = node move and pools follow
consensus = if its near unanimous agreement(few orphans orphans now and again but one chain)
controversial = if its arguable low agreement (lots of orphans before it settles down to one chain)
bilateral split = intention avoidance of consensus/orphans/opposition (an altcoin creator with second chain sustaining life)
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For the sake of clarification for users who wish to know what I was referring to,
it would be a "controversial hardfork". Node banning due to a majority of miners
being out of consensus does not matter, since those miners are intentionally leaving
the node network for good to create a chain that will directly fight with the old (replays).
In a sense, it is like dragging the old network with it. It would be a test in whether
network follows hash or the hash follows the network.
No one would want to do a purposeful bilaterial hardfork since then there will be time to
protect against such an situation and economies will be able to choose one or the other.
Bilaterial fork is when two parties agree to disagree. A controversial hardfork is by its
nature malicious since it will cause issues if performed correctly.
The real difference is that one is programmed to split and the other is an accidental split
that is purposefully attempting to maintain an invalid chain to the point in which it may
become a valid chain. In this event, malicious miners could in theory, with enough hash,
continue indefinitely, never needing to provide forewarning, like a bilaterial.
A controversial hardfork is malicious. A Bilateral hardfork in theory, is not.