&gt; The nature of Nakamoto consensus is such that consensus parameters are not up to vote<p>&quot;The proof-of-work also solves the problem of determining representation in majority decision making. If the majority were based on one-IP-address-one-vote, it could be subverted by anyone able to allocate many IPs. Proof-of-work is essentially one-CPU-one-vote.&quot; - Nakamoto