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Not only is it a fork of the software, it is a fork of the blockchain. Traditional alt-coins fork the software but start over with their own blockchain.
by Atheros 9y ago
Not only is it a fork of the software, it is a fork of the blockchain. Traditional alt-coins fork the software but start over with their own blockchain.
- nullc 9y agoMore than a few altcoins have started with another altcoin's blockchain. Litecoin is more popular but it's been done before with Bitcoin too. (taking the whole chain has some pretty serious disadvantages however).