Well , I could have handled it better , but should I have just agreed to something I can ' t come to terms with just to show I was a friend ? He asked me my opinion , so what should I have done ? Lie ? <| sep |> I know , I ' m hoping the fact that it ' s used really plays into effect . <| sep |> LOL you are really milking these puns . To be fair they are cream of the crop <| sep |> How is that okay ? Why do they accept that ? <| sep |> What ' s your deal ? Who hurt you ? <| sep |> Okay i understand perfectly thanks ! <| sep |> 51 % would be chaotic because of variance , but enoughEconomics ignored , you would just have two chains . Both would have about 20 minute block times until their next difficulty adjustment . Then they would both go back to about 10 minutes and rock on . There is nothing about 51 % that would kill the original chain . But when you consider economicmarket incentives , things are quite different . If 51 % of hash power forked , they would do so hoping that the market would follow . If it doesn ' t , then every 1020 minutes they are losing about $ 9 , 000 in mining rewards . Of course the market won ' t switch from the original chain to this new fork the original chain will be deemed the real chain , the one with all the network effect , the one that follows the actual consensus rules . A switch from the market would take a long time . But before that happens , miners on the new 51 % chain will either go bankrupt or switch back , leaving your new chain on its death bed . Even your most staunch cohorts understand this . Arguing this , you seem like a useful idiot to them . They need voices , not accuracy . But make no mistake , a 51 % hard fork is not enough to make the old chain die . Gavin was considered even by his buddy Garzik very aggressive for trying 75 %. They argued about this , with Garzik thinking 90 % was needed to kill the old chain . Of course , they were laughing stocks when the ETHETC debacle showed that even 99 % was not enough . In all fairness though , ETH has a much lower time frame for difficulty adjustment , making it easier for a 1 % minority chain to survive . But notwithstanding the difficulty difference , there is no doubt in anybody ' s mind people with expertise that 49 % minority will survive and likely thrive under Bitcoin . It ' s why the threshold is so high even for a soft fork .