Bitcoin Community Mulls a BTC Classic Idea Following Ethereum Split
At least two Reddit threads have sprung up in the last 24 hours deliberating on the idea of calling for a Bitcoin Classic following the Ethereum Classic split from Ethereum. In the first instance, why not just activate fork now? the OP doyourduty posted: “If ETHc can apparently sustain itself against ETH, Bitcoin classic/unlimited/xt can definitely sustain itself against core. It’s been years of whining on the sidelines waiting for miners to act and come to our side. Let’s just do it!” It generated mixed comments as well as the second thread Now Let's Create Bitcoin Classic (big block....
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