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disordinary on Jan 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major glob...

It's very easy to change. You just fork it.

em3rgent0rdr on Jan 11, 2018 [–]

No, forking bitcoin doesn't change the code running bitcoin's blockchain. Carefully re-read what I wrote: "no easy way to change the code running bitcoin's blockchain".

disordinary on Jan 11, 2018 | [–]

Of course it does, that's exactly what a fork is.

Or, maybe the question is what is the bitcoin blockchain? The truth is there is no such thing.

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