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An actual great example is in 2013 when this happened [0]. For 24 hours, Bitcoin could not reach consensus and users could double-spend. The fact that we do not know how likely Bitcoin consensus failure is—especially when so many forks and conflicting rulesets are emerging—should worry anyone thinking about decentralized consensus.

[0] https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-network-shaken-...



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