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Actually there were 2 persistent bitcoin chains to emerge from that conflict, one led by Bitcoin Core’s consensus rules and one led by Bitcoin Cash’s consensus
by hudon 8y ago
Actually there were 2 persistent bitcoin chains to emerge from that conflict, one led by Bitcoin Core’s consensus rules and one led by Bitcoin Cash’s consensus rules. Nothing technical prevented the fork. And to claim one is more “bitcoin” than the other is moot. In fact the argument of which bitcoin chain is what Satoshi would have wanted is still being argued about every single day...
- aeternus 8y agoTrue both are still around, but a user can simply choose the fork with the longest chain (most PoW). This is important because all other metrics such as choosing based on message boards, market cap, etc. can be more easily gamed.