<p>No. Your question is very hard to make sense but whatever any fake node does still requires the Proof Of Work which cannot be faked. Anything the fake node does (with or without proof of work) that's not according to the consensus rules will be rejected by other nodes. From that moment on the fake node is not dealing with bitcoin anymore no matter how hard it tries to put that label on it.</p>

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2014-09-21T16:10:48.243Z
2014-09-21T16:10:48.243Z
Jannes
<p>Yes, it is possible.
This is "hard-fork" (bitcoin with other rules) or "alt-coin" (any crypto-currency with its own rules)</p>

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2014-09-21T12:01:45.347Z
2014-09-21T12:01:45.347Z
amaclin
<p>Is it possible to change rules of mining bitcoin division?</p>

<ol>
<li>rewrite P2P bitcoin client (or write maleware) which will be pretending that <em>fake</em> bitcoin client is legal, original client </li>
<li>distribute program more/less widely</li>
<li>then by <em>fake client</em> division of mining loot will be with <em>fake/own</em> rules (e.g. give more bitcoins to farm <em>X</em>, even if farm <em>X</em> didn't work more than others)</li>
</ol>

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<ul>
<li>no changing keys</li>
<li>no faking difficulty level/spent time</li>
<li>maybe changing proof-of-work action</li>
</ul>

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Theoretical security of mining bitcoins
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# Theoretical security of mining bitcoins

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-21)

Is it possible to change rules of mining bitcoin division?

1. rewrite P2P bitcoin client (or write maleware) which will be pretending that *fake* bitcoin client is legal, original client
2. distribute program more/less widely
3. then by *fake client* division of mining loot will be with *fake/own* rules (e.g. give more bitcoins to farm *X*, even if farm *X* didn't work more than others)

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* no changing keys
* no faking difficulty level/spent time
* maybe changing proof-of-work action

**Tags:** security, proof-of-work


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-21. Score: 1

No. Your question is very hard to make sense but whatever any fake node does still requires the Proof Of Work which cannot be faked. Anything the fake node does (with or without proof of work) that's not according to the consensus rules will be rejected by other nodes. From that moment on the fake node is not dealing with bitcoin anymore no matter how hard it tries to put that label on it.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-21. Score: 1

Yes, it is possible.
This is "hard-fork" (bitcoin with other rules) or "alt-coin" (any crypto-currency with its own rules)


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