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Eric Lombrozo [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: đź“… Original date posted:2015-06-28 đź“ť Original message:Furthermore, the actual ...

đź“… Original date posted:2015-06-28
📝 Original message:Furthermore, the actual way in which the conflict is resolved sets a precedent for how such disagreements are to be “resolved” in the future.

So the means are also important to consider.

- Eric

> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:51 AM, Ivan Brightly <ibrightly at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Jorge TimĂłn <jtimon at jtimon.cc <mailto:jtimon at jtimon.cc>> wrote:
>
> No, this is very important. The majority has no right to dictate on
> the minority.
>
> While an interesting philosophical question, I don't think that this is accurate. First off, bitcoin doesn't imbue any 'rights' on individuals - it provides the choice of participating or not, nothing more.
>
> Secondly, from a technical perspective, how is it that the majority (or super-majority) are prevented from imposing their will? The best answer is that they are incentivized to not override a minority group since that reduces the inherent value in the system. However, presuming that the majority calculate that the reward for imposing a change is greater than the value lost in such disruption, I don't see how there would be any stopping this change. The longest chain with the greatest number of users valuing the token on that chain "wins".
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