though any majority will lead to gaining the blockheight. the FIGHT(orphan risk) for blockheight is much more if the majority was say 51% rather than say 91%
the higher the % the less orphan risk and the better chance of a stable chain thats not orphaning all the time.
some deem 95% too high because its tough to get random people to near unanimously agree on anything
some deem 51% too low because its just increasing the orphan arguments (much like the scottish and EU referendums of slight majority, still arguing and wanting another referendum)
hence a middle ground of say 75% reduces orphan risks and arguments but more of an attainable agreement by a safer majority than say 51%
Topic: Why is BU consensus at 75% and isn't it bad - page 2. (Read 1214 times)
I think the philosophy behind is that if 75% of the miners agree and fork, the other 25% will follow rapidly and start mining on the majority chain because they'd be losing money by mining on the minority chain. IMO it's a little too low :/
As far as i know this number is not definite. As i understand BU it's part of the process to let the nodes and pools "agree" on the number. The higher the % the better, but to anser your question properly we would need to know what risks you are talking about.
{@MOD i am not sure if i should post it in technical discussion but feel free to move it there}
i have checked Segwit and the activation for it is at 95% and reading about it, everything makes sense to me about why that number was chosen and it seems like a perfect number from what i have read and my own conclusion.
but when i read about bitcoin unlimited, it is at 75% and it doesn't make sense to me why this number is this low.
so can anyone explain to me why this number which is much lower than the 95% majority, has been chosen.
also isn't it bad. meaning wouldn't the risk of splitting be much higher with 75% than it is with lets say 80%-90%-95%,...
i have checked Segwit and the activation for it is at 95% and reading about it, everything makes sense to me about why that number was chosen and it seems like a perfect number from what i have read and my own conclusion.
but when i read about bitcoin unlimited, it is at 75% and it doesn't make sense to me why this number is this low.
so can anyone explain to me why this number which is much lower than the 95% majority, has been chosen.
also isn't it bad. meaning wouldn't the risk of splitting be much higher with 75% than it is with lets say 80%-90%-95%,...
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