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To me, it seems like a node is just a record of agreed upon reality. I don't see how it gives me a vote in anything. It seems read only from my perspective. But if that isn't true and we do get a 'vote' (whatever that means), I'm curious of what that means if someone just prints a bunch of nodes. It sounds like the whole vote thing is an oversimplification.

DRE 7mo ago

Having a vote means that you, as a node runner, can choose to follow a specific protocol. If someone tries to send you bitcoin from a protocol that has a different supply, you can reject it. If people try to change the code, you can object to that and run the code you agree to on your node.

If you don’t have a node, you’re not a peer. If you’re not a peer, you rely on a peer to relay your transactions and tell you the state of the network. If you, without a node, don’t like a change, you can’t really express your disagreement because you’re not a peer and you’re not in charge of what code is being run by the peer that’s relaying your transactions.

Hope this helps, but do ask AI

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Matt 7mo ago

I understand I can ask AI things. I came to Nostr to ask people on Nostr. AI just spits back generic information it records from popular sources. I don't get the same serendipitous experience that I do talking with people on Nostr about things. Like browsing Amazon vs a random library in a town. They will never be the same. Serendipity is still valuable to me even with AI. But AI really is a separate issue that I wasn't really looking to address here.

I appreciate the resources you shared though.

Matt 7mo ago

That said, I sometimes do both and even use old school search engines 😁

I like to get multiple angles to learn what I'm missing.

DRE 7mo ago

Nothing wrong with asking people, but AI can answer the very basic non controversial questions people have, so they can ask better more nuanced questions to real people.

Let AI do 90% of the work and people the other 10%

Matt 7mo ago

Interestingly, I asked this question to AI and it contradicted itself on several points. To be fair, I wasn't specific enough regarding majority node control (which is what I was really asking). So in fairness, AI does sometimes help me learn how to ask better questions. I do agree with that. My human brain just understands that would be majority given the current numbers.

But asking it about majority control gave an answer that is 100% slanted toward an attack vector (if that was the goal, but it could be regardless). Like it would be game over. But is that true? That isn't something I'm finding AI is imaginative enough to speculate on. At least not the models I've asked. Even the couple benefits it gave are still bad for the average pleb.

So I'm kind of back where I started. Running my own node still seems important, but how important is it if someone can just out node me and everyone else?

Matt 7mo ago

Anyway, I appreciate the interaction and at least know that I have some knowledge gaps and want people to keep asking these questions.

Peace 🫂