4 ms·

Hard Forks that end up spawning their own coins, (ie: continue to be mined under old consensus rules) are 100% scams. None of these are legit: Ethereum Classic,

by g45y45 8y ago

Hard Forks that end up spawning their own coins, (ie: continue to be mined under old consensus rules) are 100% scams. None of these are legit: Ethereum Classic, BCash, Bcash SV, MoneroV, Litecoin Cash. Never trust these -- at worst you can lose your money due to tx replays, fraud, pump-n-dump, etc.

JeremyBanks 8y ago
What is "BCash"? That doesn't seem to be the name of any existing crypto project.
- coralreef 8y ago
  Its Bitcoin Cash, but I think the 'bitcoin core' group doesn't like them using the word 'Bitcoin' in their name, so it uses Bcash to refer/denigrate them, etc...
  - hombre_fatal 8y ago
    On the other hand, the people who forked Bitcoin into "Bitcoin Cash" would love for you to confuse them with Bitcoin. It's like someone starting a company "Nike Shoes", getting mad when people disambiguate them from Nike with "NShoes" ("hey, that's not my branding!"), and insisting that people call Nike "Nike Core". What makes cryptocurrency politics so uniquely toxic is that people will align themselves with a faction because they have $5 invested. The barrier to conflicts of interest are so low that it makes you wonder if anyone is speaking earnestly on even the most trivial issues, like the person above who asserted that Bcash didn't exist despite a quick google proving otherwise. Though some people even do the same thing when you mention Golang. ;)
    - brokensegue 8y ago
      Except proponents of crypto currency are exactly the kind of libertarians who would oppose trademark protections like this so it's ironic when they get strung up by this particular petard.
    - wmf 8y ago
      I find it telling that the original poster is willing to say "Ethereum Classic" and "Litecoin Cash" but not "Bitcoin Cash". This pretty clearly identifies their crypto-tribe.
    - splintercell 8y ago
      > On the other hand, the people who forked Bitcoin into "Bitcoin Cash" would love for you to confuse them with Bitcoin. He called "Ethereum Classic" but it's chosen name and not just ETC or something.
    - deleted 8y ago
      [deleted]
  - JeremyBanks 8y ago
    Got it: it's like how angry kids used to call Microsoft "M$".
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]

by g45y45 8y ago

JeremyBanks 8y ago

What is "BCash"? That doesn't seem to be the name of any existing crypto project.

coralreef 8y ago
Its Bitcoin Cash, but I think the 'bitcoin core' group doesn't like them using the word 'Bitcoin' in their name, so it uses Bcash to refer/denigrate them, etc...
- hombre_fatal 8y ago
  On the other hand, the people who forked Bitcoin into "Bitcoin Cash" would love for you to confuse them with Bitcoin. It's like someone starting a company "Nike Shoes", getting mad when people disambiguate them from Nike with "NShoes" ("hey, that's not my branding!"), and insisting that people call Nike "Nike Core". What makes cryptocurrency politics so uniquely toxic is that people will align themselves with a faction because they have $5 invested. The barrier to conflicts of interest are so low that it makes you wonder if anyone is speaking earnestly on even the most trivial issues, like the person above who asserted that Bcash didn't exist despite a quick google proving otherwise. Though some people even do the same thing when you mention Golang. ;)
  - brokensegue 8y ago
    Except proponents of crypto currency are exactly the kind of libertarians who would oppose trademark protections like this so it's ironic when they get strung up by this particular petard.
  - wmf 8y ago
    I find it telling that the original poster is willing to say "Ethereum Classic" and "Litecoin Cash" but not "Bitcoin Cash". This pretty clearly identifies their crypto-tribe.
  - splintercell 8y ago
    > On the other hand, the people who forked Bitcoin into "Bitcoin Cash" would love for you to confuse them with Bitcoin. He called "Ethereum Classic" but it's chosen name and not just ETC or something.
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
- JeremyBanks 8y ago
  Got it: it's like how angry kids used to call Microsoft "M$".
deleted 8y ago
[deleted]