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202 sats \ 2 replies \ @Murch 2 Dec \ parent \ on: A soft fork is a 51% attack on Bitcoin bitcoin
Was the double negative on purpose there, or did you mean “if less than 51% are enforcing the new rules”?
There are just two cases:
  • If a majority of the hashrate enforces the soft fork, the non-enforcing minority may occasionally find a block considered invalid by the majority, but the soft fork enforcing majority will ignore such a block and eventually build a heavier competing chaintip at which point the minority will reorganize to the majority chain.
  • If only a minority of the hashrate enforces the soft fork, it will create a permanent fork as the minority will not accept the non-enforcing majority chaintip and the majority chaintip will accumulate more work faster. The majority chaintip will simply pull away and the enforcing miners will be stuck on a less-work chaintip.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarrelXero 21h
Yeah, that was a mistake with the double negative. Your response clarifies what I was after though. Appreciate it!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tunegee4kt 4h outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.