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Re:It's Time For a Hard Bitcoin Fork by Lerc on Friday June 13, 2014 @04:10PM (#7890608)
What kind of chain length differential is enough to cause people to switch. Is it a single block?
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Re:It's Time For a Hard Bitcoin Fork by mbell on Friday June 13, 2014 @07:27PM (#7891358)
> Is it a single block?

No. The 'winning chain' is determined by total difficulty, not block count.

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Re:It's Time For a Hard Bitcoin Fork by Peaker on Friday June 13, 2014 @04:22PM (#7890653)
Yes.
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