All Bitcoin nodes unilaterally enforce protocol rules locally. Bitcoin Core (and most other Bitcoin Node Software) does do not have It has an automatic update function. The nodes will only be updated if the operator chooses to install a newer version of the software. Node Operator Determine what they consider to be Bitcoin Every time you select the version of software to run. Don’t update A version that implements new rules that break with established lessons in Bitcoin Expected decision. Bitcoin’s network rules emerge from these individual decisions.
Therefore, it is unlikely that they will succeed in convincing 17,000 of the 18,000 nodes to convince them. Spin up thousands of new nodes will not affect existing nodes. Implement your own implementation rules. Even if you convince a majority to upgrade to a newer version, minorities may stick to the old rules,The node following the old rule simply rejects the first block found by the new node and prohibits the peer to send invalid data. Each time a new node exposes the first block, the network is separated into two.
Basically, it looks like this: “I don’t care what rules your node accepts. My node enforces the rules I think are bitcoin.” You might reconsider when you see evidence that the economic majority is dependent on the new rules, but for the reasons mentioned above, I expect the economic majority to stick to the old rules just as they did when BCH branched out.
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