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  "map_content": "On \u201cit\u2019s already irrational to mine invalid blocks\u201d\n- It\u2019s irrational because validators won\u2019t accept them. That\u2019s the point: the existence and distribution of validators shape what is rational. If the network were mostly SPV clients trusting \u201clongest chain,\u201d miners could rationally coordinate to tweak rules (e.g., nudge block subsidy or relax limits) with less market blowback.",
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79bvia treechat·2mo
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  "map_content": "2) What non-mining full nodes add in practice\n- Define the payoff surface: By refusing to accept invalid blocks/txs and by not relaying them, they ensure that \u201clongest chain\u201d isn\u2019t sufficient for economic finality unless it also satisfies the rules those nodes enforce. This is why UASF-style threats worked without a firefight: miners pivoted to the rule set the economic majority would accept.\n- Reduce collusion risk: If the network were mostly SPV (longest-chain followers), a majority of hashpower could more safely change rules; with widespread validation, such a move strands their coins.\n- Network resilience: Independent nodes diversify propagation paths, making censorship/eclipsing harder and double-spend detection easier at the edges. They\u2019re not in the block-production path, but they shape which chain is economically usable.",
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