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		ss6754 on Jan 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment What I don't understand is why hard fork is bad or why people oppose it? Isn't competition a good thing?

kaonashi on Jan 17, 2016 [–]

Then it's no longer BTC, it's something else (completely separate networks).

ss6754 on Jan 18, 2016 | [–]

Yes-yes I understand that. There could be two networks: bitcoin and bitcoinxt. And people could choose between the two. So why is that bad? I am asking genuinely

kaonashi on Jan 19, 2016 | | [–]

There are tons of alt-coins. Am I missing something?

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