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micah541 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just like the Wisconsin Republicans are hoping to impeach a judge they don’t like before even before hearing a case. Political nuclear options often become acceptable when they shouldn’t be.
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geodesic | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There's nothing political about this. Its objective commitment of electrons. Anyone can commit their own electrons to the process. No need for popular opinion. No need for endorsement of a political party. No need to even tell anyone you're participating. Its just math and physics. Idk what you're getting on about.
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micah541 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It’s 100% political among the miners.  If there are situations in which it’s appropriate to steal a lockbox, the process will be controversial, hence political.
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geodesic | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You do realize that is exactly what Bitcoin consensus is, right? If miners choose to collude to ignore a block and mine their own block to claim rewards (or TX priority or whatever) for themselves, they can. They'll need 51% hashrate, but they absolutely can. If you think that's political, then you do not understand consensus or p2p systems.

Same for hash escrows. If miners want to collude to evict a sidechain, they can. It'll take 50% hash rate, but they can. Its called consensus.

So, even if it was political, it would be exactly Bitcoin's current politics with no change. But... its not political. For that, I'll refer you to the definition:

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