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They verify transactions and are important to the network
by neb_b 4y ago
They verify transactions and are important to the network
- wmf 4y agoNot really and no.
- andirk 4y agoI thought every node accepts or rejects blocks. Doesnt add to the computational mining difficulty but doesnt it add its 2 cents to the consensus of which chain is longest/best?
- wmf 4y agoThat's a common myth. If your non-mining non-economic node rejects a block... nothing happens. You have zero authority. Even if all the loser nodes worked together nothing would happen.
- andirk 4y agoOK but what if my non-mining non-economic node accepts a block? Doesn't that add a vote for that block? As opposed to a block rejection isn't a no vote; it's nothing.