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This "fork" is really just the evolution of the main chain, that's all. It'll have more claim to the Bitcoin name than the "core" Bitcoin with small blocks. Kee
by MichaelGG 9y ago
This "fork" is really just the evolution of the main chain, that's all. It'll have more claim to the Bitcoin name than the "core" Bitcoin with small blocks. Keeping the transaction history is sort of the entire point.
- Nursie 9y agoThat's somewhat orthogonal to my point - these forks are conjuring money out of thin air for those who already hold the currency.
- synicalx 9y agoBut can you use this forked version, and normal BTC interchangeably?
- MichaelGG 9y agoIt's better to think of it as a hard forked upgrade. Normal BTC won't exist in any meaningful manner after this fork. Just like other coins hardfork all the time to upgrade. The previous chain could still exist if you wanted to run it, but no one does. Losing anywhere near 90% hashrate means that chain of Bitcoin has no point in being called Bitcoin anymore.