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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by hackinthebochs on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:16PM (#15846078)
"Bitcoin" isn't the software, or the network, or the database. It is the consensus of every player in the ecosystem: users, miners, developers, exchanges, etc. A fork doesn't fork the consensus, its by definition a deviation from consensus. Forks don't duplicate what is valuable about bitcoin.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by empath75 on Monday December 04, 2017 @02:47PM (#15846809)
Except bitcoin cash seems to have maintained value.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by hackinthebochs on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:13PM (#15847000)
Because there are true believers who think it will overtake bitcoin in the end. It's perceived value is derived in opposition to bitcoin, rather than duplicating bitcoin's value.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by empath75 on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:39PM (#15847264)
Nevertheless, there are now two competing bitcoin chains, a doubling in the number of bitcoins. And I imagine there will be more and more in the future.
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