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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by erikpukinskis on Monday July 17, 2017 @12:43PM (#14790178)
Yes. There is no Bitcoin to control. Bitcoin is an idea, and there can be as many variations as people have ideas. There will be a main trunk, centered around the middle of the market, but the whole point of cryptocurrencies is they can be forked and survive.

In the new world, everyone has their own universe. The sooner one believes, the stronger their position in the 2030 economy.

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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by JohnJamesRambo on Monday July 17, 2017 @01:08PM (#14790449)
Name one that has forked and survived. Ethereum Classic is not "surviving".
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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by Taek on Monday July 17, 2017 @09:28PM (#14793715)
Ethereum Classic today has more market cap than Etherum did the month before the split, how is that not surviving? They have grown immensely since the split.
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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by erikpukinskis on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:21PM (#14823141)
It's early days my friend.

Imagine a "Confederacy Coin" that forks from a "US Federal Coin". You don't think that cold survive?

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