Re:Bitcoin May Split Many Times in 2018
by ThirdFoundation on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @09:05AM
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It's funny, that's how things should work, but the crypto space has been so irrational it is not how things have effectively been priced in other splits. For example, Bitcoin Cash's split ended up being free money for consumers, which doesn't make sense in a rational market. Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin, but Bitcoin actually maintained value (and went up soon after). I'll wager most of these will have little affect on the price of Bitcoin. Often, the bigger issue is that no exchanges offer pairs for the new Bitcoin forks, so they're basically useless.
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Re:Bitcoin May Split Many Times in 2018
by qsucvatz on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:02PM
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Bitcoin Cash added new utility that SegWit lacked: 8 MB blocks, higher capacity, lower on-chain fees. That new utility is new value for Bitcoin holders.
Another fork will add ZKP privacy, new utility and new value.