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Reason I say it is because the nodes/miners choose what version of Bitcoin they run. So if 51% run a new consensus protocol, that will "force" the chnage, but splinter the network and ruin the network's reputation.
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SqNr65 2y ago

Yea but that's the same as 0.000001% of miners "forcing" a change. They aren't "forcing" anything. There is no "force" in Bitcoin. Only choice. You can chose to run different rules, and it doesn't matter if you control 1% or 50% or 90% of the hashrate. The Bitcoin network will ignore you and proceed undeterred.

No amount of miners trying to force anything will ever make my node accept anything other than. 21M

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Adarnit 2y ago

I see where you're coming from. In that sense, yes, you can't force a change

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SqNr65 2y ago

In that sense I think A and B are basically the same thing. Hard fork

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Adarnit 2y ago

Yeah, only way would be a 99.999% attack. Hostile takeover of the entire network