Let’s say we have two nodes - both follow the same consensus set, but only one is used to broadcast his user’s txs and validate his balances. Which of those two nodes in your opinion has the bigger economic weight?
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But economic weight here seems like an invalid category in the frame of this conversation. Yes, it is more valid economically but that does not give it a better or worse stand when it comes to consensus. All blocks have equal weight when it comes to propagation and consensus. Could you explain how exactly, in terms of the consensus protocol, a node becomes more important if it initiated a transaction vs one that didn't?
In terms of consensus, it doesn’t. But miners care when money and incentives get involved.