> Or is the agreement of the community a requirement of the protocol?
It is, obviously, because if there's no agreement, then nobody (or not enough people to matter) adopt said protocol.
It is, obviously, because if there's no agreement, then nobody (or not enough people to matter) adopt said protocol.
Does keeping the algorithm source in the open, which allows for forks when opportunity presents itself...is that pretty much the optimal strategy against any transaction protocol being abused?