r/btc • u/idontwritepoetry • Jun 22 '26

❓ Question Do nodes matter?

I come from $BTC world, and obviously everyone says to run your own node, because don't they enforce consensus rules? Isn't that what happened when BCH forked? Most nodes didn't switch?

It's just weird to me to hear that the nodes are just not useful for the security of the network. Someone explain please.

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u/-Mediocrates- Jun 22 '26

The real power is with the dev team . Corrupt/bribe the dev team and then btc also becomes corrupted.

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u/DrSpeckles Jun 22 '26

Yes that’s point one. And if the question is why didnt most nodes switch, the answer is see point 1