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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Stop fuckin' around, fork the son-of-a-bitch already.
by
posternat
on 17/09/2016, 12:59:18 UTC
I know the idea of a hard fork scares people. Its fucking scary.
I honestly don't know how I feel about it, myself.
I've been watching the Etherium fork to see what will happen, but I think I still need more time to make my mind up.

Confirmation time is a big deal.
You are never going to get a physical store to accept a payment that takes close to an hour to confirm.
This means we are limiting Bitcoin to an online payment system. If that is what is intended, maybe its okay.
But if we want to move the system forward, maybe its time to discuss these other options.

If bitcoin doesn't evolve, it will go the way of the dinosaur.
I'm going to start investing a little bit of money in some of these other coins like Monero in case they end up being the next big thing, I guess....

Those people will by default fall onto the preexisting blockchain and if the other flies and that gets left behind and scuttled, they would have no idea until it is too late.