If 51% of the mining hashrate get together and say they'll include only OFAC-compliant transactions, and they'll build only on top of OFAC-compliant blocks, then we'll have a cartel of miners that can...
I’m curious what @Jeff Booth will answer.
But aren’t the nodes always looking for the longest chain? And while the 51% heighten the possibility of mining the next Block, it’s still possible not two get it maybe two times in a row. As soon as the cartel is two blocks behind, there is no way of catching up with the next block - so they could continue working on their OFAC-Chain but it would be shorter and therefore not valid for the nodes.
But aren’t the nodes always looking for the longest chain? And while the 51% heighten the possibility of mining the next Block, it’s still possible not two get it maybe two times in a row. As soon as the cartel is two blocks behind, there is no way of catching up with the next block - so they could continue working on their OFAC-Chain but it would be shorter and therefore not valid for the nodes.
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