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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by warboat on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:36PM (#15888298)
If non-mining nodes don't accept it then they just fall off the network like a loud angry spectator at a football game.
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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by Frogolocalypse on Saturday December 09, 2017 @06:27PM (#15888786)
A couple of years of failed fork attempts have a different opinion to your understanding.
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