I thought the whole point was that Bitcoin solved the Byzantine generals problem and relies on everyone acting in their own best interest

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It solved by the premise that malicious nodes can’t realistically out compute majority of honest hash power .

That assumes majority of hash power are good actors.

Can't assume that

That’s how Bitcoin works bro

Isn't the Byzantine generals problem about assuming the opposite?

You have to assume that always.

Otherwise why we trust the longest chain is the truth?

It’s because it has the most pow.

That’s why Bitcoin doesn’t work if bad actors control more than 50% hash power.

If a single consortium of bad actors*