Quote from: cr1776 on December 21, 2017, 12:28:23 AM

Quote from: ir.hn on December 20, 2017, 09:11:53 PM

Quote from: Taras on December 20, 2017, 09:00:23 PM

If all the non-mining nodes reject the block, then the vast majority of the network doesn't have a copy of it. It basically isn't a real block.

The network worked before there were ever non-mining nodes having a copy. So if only the miners have a copy of the transactions then it is more than good enough.

Your example is like a straw poll. The non-mining nodes had no real authority to actually enforce their conclusion.

Like I said the only vote that holds authority is if you win a block, then your vote on the previous block validity counts as a confirmation.

If you want to be PayPal, it is good enough for only miners to have a copy. All nodes enforce the protocol regardless of your insistence that they do not. Look at the code.

How exactly do non-mining nodes enforce the protocol? They can say it is invalid, but what can they do about it?