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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by em3rgent0rdr on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @09:53PM (#16121113)
No, forking bitcoin doesn't change the code running bitcoin's blockchain. Carefully re-read what I wrote: "no easy way to change the code running bitcoin's blockchain".
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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by disordinary on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:07PM (#16121160)
Of course it does, that's exactly what a fork is.

Or, maybe the question is what is the bitcoin blockchain? The truth is there is no such thing.

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