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by mg74 3157 days ago
How would the users blacklist the miners using the newer inflationary protocol? Is it even possible? By design, the longest blockchain wins, and that would be the one with the inflation if the majority of miners agreed.
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> By design, the longest blockchain wins

The longest blockchain which follows the rules. If a chain does not follow the rules, it will be ignored by the nodes, even if it's the longest one. To change the rules, you have to update all nodes, not just the miners.

The 21 million limit is in the user's bitcoin client, not in the miners proof of work.