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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: The consensus dead end.
by
zeuner
on 02/04/2021, 13:53:00 UTC

How did miners accept that change? They were not forced to update their bitcoin client.


It is a misconception to assume it was the decision of the miners (or the developers). When miners switch to a software update that is not fully compatible with respect to consensus rules, they think they can afford to do so because they expect they will still be able to sell the mining rewards. So people who criticize consensus rule changes should ask themselves whether they made sure they did not buy Bitcoins that came from these miners initially. If they did, they should admit that they actually paid for the consensus changes they criticize...