[warboat]

a peer in bitcoin is a mining node. a non-mining node just listens and does nothing. If anything, it adds impedance and reduces security.

[statoshi]

False. For more details: https://medium.com/@lopp/securing-your-financial-sovereignty...

[warboat]

Oh sure, just back your argument with reference to a page that runs the Core Propaganda. Please evaluate the whitepaper, section 5 and really understand how bitcoin functions.

[Frogolocalypse]

Please learn how bitcoin works, by learning what a node does, and how nodes police and enforce consensus.