To add: the designer of the system explicitly pointed out the system was intended to be ruled by the majority:<p>&quot;It is a global distributed database, with additions to the database by consent of the majority, based on a set of rules they follow&quot;<p>Link: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;p2pfoundation.ning.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;topics&#x2F;bitcoin-open-source?commentId=2003008%3AComment%3A9562" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;p2pfoundation.ning.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;topics&#x2F;bitcoin-open-sour...</a>