Quote from: Kesecer on December 11, 2017, 10:43:21 PM

Quote from: Amial on December 11, 2017, 10:42:48 PM

Quote from: Bamel on December 11, 2017, 10:42:22 PM

I think it's bad for bitcoin..... adds to confusion, adds to the politics (see bitcoin cash). Forks should not be allowed the prefix of bitcoin. They are just alts.

bitcoin is open source, this means you cannot forbid forks.

I didn't say that... i said that the prefix 'bitcoin' should not be allowed on forked coins (exchanges, news outlets, the community would need to enforce this). It is confusing new users.
Allowed is maybe not the best word... it should not be accepted.

do not blindly trust people claiming amazing things. the prefix "bitcoin" has every right to be there in forked coins. a forked coin shares the exact same transaction history as the "original" coin til a specific block height.
this guarantees that if bad actors try to influence bitcoin's development and thus turn it into something it is not supposed to be, there is still the possibility to fork and the true bitcoin lives on. please question more.