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24.5 The Bitcoin Fork Wars || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner recollects the fork wars of 2017, where a minority of users insisted to change the Bitcoin rule set in a backwards incompatible way. Most Bitcoin users prefer to stay in consensus though, only upgrading with ...

2021-07-23

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Aviv Milner recollects the fork wars of 2017, where a minority of users insisted to change the Bitcoin rule set in a backwards incompatible way. Most Bitcoin users prefer to stay in consensus though, only upgrading with non-contentious softforks. Hardforking a monetary network will lead to continuous fracturing.