Longest-Chain Rule
Nodes adopt the fork with the greatest cumulative proof-of-work (not literal block count) as the valid history, so honest miners always extend the heaviest chain. Agreement emerges statistically: as long as honest hash power exceeds any attacker's, competing forks die out.
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Nodes adopt the fork with the greatest cumulative proof-of-work (not literal block count) as the valid history, so honest miners always extend the heaviest chain. Agreement emerges statistically: as long as honest hash power exceeds any attacker's, competing forks die out.
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