It's a good point and we've probably covered enough for one day, because I'd like to keep the discussion going and for it not to turn adversarial. But the miners were significant actors, too. Both VC backed and Chinese. Had they teamed with roger they would have got the longest chain, with slush pool mining the minority chain with about 5% hash. That would have lead to a 1/4 ing of the hash. And the other chain races ahead, btc becomes a chew tow for the miners with famine and feast or chain death. Dont get me wrong the futures market played a big role. Though it was not even fully understood at first. But there were multiple prongs to the defense strategy. Ends.
Bitcoin is the longest *valid* chain as determined by economic consensus.
What miners decide to do is irrelevant 😉
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