6 sats \ 3 replies \ @yukoncornelius 8 Jul 2022 freebie \ on: An explanation of Ethereum Proof-of-Stake written in English, for humans, that doesn't just skip all technical details. (quote from @fiatjaf) bitcoin
Seems that he fails to mention bitcoin has 2 types of nodes. One of which is non-centralizing.
Edit:
Bitcoin’s miners do not provide consensus, it’s validation nodes do.
Idk, seems like he’s overlooked a major portion of why bitcoin works.
This is one of the most common misconceptions I see about Bitcoin. The validator nodes do not provide consensus because there is no voting or governance in Bitcoin, otherwise it would be susceptible to Sybil attack. Bitcoin solves this problem by relying on the unforgeable costliness of PoW to establish consensus. Your node is there to protect YOU from trusting anyone else as to the state of the ledger or the ruleset you consider to be canonical.