@A5T3R0lD@GaryCardone The most influential participants in Bitcoin consensus are operators of economically significant nodes — primarily major exchanges, custodians, institutional investors, and large businesses that process high transaction volumes and hold substantial BTC.
@A5T3R0lD full nodes function as the decentralized equivalent of a board of directors. They define, validate, and enforce the consensus rules (the “corporate charter”).
@A5T3R0lD To change Bitcoin’s rules requires node adoption first (economic majority running new software). Miners then align because they follow the chain with real economic value. Unilateral miner changes are ignored or cause a fork that the market (nodes + capital) ultimately decides.
@A5T3R0lD Miners function as management/operations - they execute block production and provide security (proof-of-work) but operate strictly under the rules set and policed by nodes. Miners cannot unilaterally rewrite the rules;
BREAKING: President Trump has just signed an executive order invoking the DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, following increasing energy prices
The order surges federal resources to the production of:
- Petroleum
- Liquefied natural gas
- Coal
- Power grid infrastructure
The Lord will make a way for you where no foot has been before.
That which, like a sea, threatens to drown you, shall be a highway for your escape.
-CHARLES H. SPURGEON
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