Comment by olalonde
2 days ago
What's incredibly pedantic is insisting that Bitcoin is based on "social consensus." That’s only true in the most superficial or tautological sense - like saying anything people agree to use is based on "social consensus". It doesn't explain at all how the Bitcoin protocol actually achieves consensus (proof of work).
Consensus is achieved through the longest chain rule. Sybil resistance is achieved through PoW.
Through a lot of people agreeing on a standard.
Calling it social consensus isn't an attempt to describe how the protocol works because you are talking about two different things. The consensus on which protocol to use, and the workings of the protocol itself.
You're response to me was to just verbatim repeat yourself while putting "no" in front of what I said. Incredibly pedantic discussion.