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Not just anybody can "fork" a company. Anyone and everyone can fork a blockchain multiple times.

• dsacco 9y ago
  That's immaterial, because a company cannot force customers to forfeit assets by giving them a 10 day ultimatum.
  • PKop 9y ago
    Don't store your coins on an exchange then.. like you've been told over and over and over again
  • PrimHelios 9y ago
    Oh yeah, that's absolute shit and there's been a precedent set that'll end with Coinbase owing a lot of money. I'm just pointing out that they shouldn't have to support anything (so long as a proper warning is given if possible).
• product50 9y ago
  If it is so simple, why is this the only fork which has happened to BTC in the past 9 years?
  • AgentME 9y ago
    It's not.
  • Atheros 9y ago
    Same reason it took someone three years to create an altcoin. Doing so had no benefit.. until it did.
  • PrimHelios 9y ago
    Because forking isn't the hard part. Actually maintaining and creating a better block chain is. Either way, that's anecdotal.