Yeah, Satoshi nailed it with bitcoin's proof-of-work. It’s a brutal, energy-hungry way to force consensus among untrusted nodes. No fluff, just math and incentives. Solves the Byzantine generals problem better than any academic paper. Still, some say it’s inefficient—fair, but what’s the alternative?
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Some say, others understand.
Common law on the other hand uses handed down layer upon layer of trust.
This works pretty well also.