Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams

Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by momentmaker on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:12PM (#18878224)

A number of Bitcoin hard forks are scams as well and a few of them are in the top 100 in terms of market cap.

The same thing could be said about airdrops.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by NathanCH on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:05PM (#18878730)

Going on Coinmarketcap and clicking any coin's website in the top 50 will take you to basically the same type of site.

- Featuring voice-over video explaining why _this_ coin is the most decentralized and secure.

- A team page showcasing an absurdly large number of team members with stockphoto-like profiles photos.

- A roadmap, of which they're all on stage one.

- Whitepaper linked from primary navigation.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by SkidanovAlex on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:18PM (#18878289)

You don't need to go to top 100. Two Bitcoin forks that are scams are in Top 10 right now.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by asaph on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:30PM (#18879554)

> You don't need to go to top 100. Two Bitcoin forks that are scams are in Top 10 right now.

The 2 forks he's referring to are Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV in case anyone was wondering.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by trsfgbb on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:35PM (#18879987)

Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin SV?

Last time I tried Core fork of Bitcoin, it was useless, it had $30 transaction fees (due to artificial block size limit).

I was scammed out of my money, couldn't move it. This isn't fixed yet, fees will appear again when transaction volume increases.

Meanwhile with Bitcoin Cash I was sending $1 to Venezuelian for less than $0.01.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by stale2002 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:52PM (#18878634)

Scam implies theft. Those forks aren't being used to steal money from people.

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by coralreef on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:12PM (#18878790)

What if one of the proponents of those projects is a guy who pretends to be Satoshi Nakamoto? When we all know he isn't, and know and he can't prove it. Should that affect the credibility of a project?

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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams by bausshf on Friday January 11, 2019 @08:05AM (#18883249)

I mean it's not really a scam, but it's definitely fraud.

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