QuotableSatoshi on Nostr: There is no way for the software to automatically know if one chain is better than ...
There is no way for the software to automatically know if one chain is better than another except by the greatest proof-of-work. In the design it was necessary for it to switch to a longer chain no matter how far back it has to go.
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