There is no such thing as global state in reality. Therefore none is required in cyberspace. If there is a conflict of local state between relays, they can exist in parallel until they become aware of each other at which point POW reconciles the dispute.

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PoW can be ignored too which will make for interesting interactions. Consensus is weird.

Oh yeah fork it baby

To caveat, PoW is the most equitable way to have a social consensus for data that can be tied to physical energy. I think.