the Forking bitcoin

in #bitcoin7 years ago

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right, you lot need to listen

On Aug 1st bitcoin is going to change, now there is a lot of people getting really worried about it. Now I am here to tell you the facts. Hopefully it will mean people will calm down and take a chill pill.

Before I start and get into the classifications, it's worth remembering that bitcoin forks already occur quite regularly.

below are the different types of forks are out there

1st - this one happens all the time, when two miners find the same block at the same time. Quite simply to solve this issue the winner of the block is the one that gets the longest chain. ie from subsequent blocks that are added to the block in dispute

2nd hard fork - in simple terms, what they are talking about it changing the block size from 1mb to 2mb. That requires a change in the rules which everyone needs to agree on (or as close to 100% as possible )

3rd soft fork - basically that would allow for 100% compatibility. no one would need to upgrade there software and everyone will be happy............. Apparently. Although it is thought that this way of doing it would allow hackers to access to bitcoin and steal bitcoins if you were not careful.

What ever happens bitcoin will survive, as i have said so many times. There is to much money at stake to mess this up. One thing i have learned for me being involved in business, is that money talks. We have people and company's spending millions of pounds on hardware to mine bitcoin and other crypto coins. Do you really think they would allow bitcoin to go under.

any questions or if you just want to comment just do it below.

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No absolutely not. Nor will the EEA Ethereum Enterprise Alliance allow Ethereum to fail. Creating perfectly timed FUD however allows late party goers to get in at bargain prices as price crashes wash out weak hands.

aug 1st should be celebrated, it will be a new era of crypto. It should also strengthen the whole concept of bitcoin being the reserve currency of the crypto world.

We should all understand by "it" you mean...? ~Time will tell if fork becomes reality if/then new era for bitcoin. Always something new and good to be celebrated in cryptocurrency space. Peer-to-peer decentralized FinTech that benefits the people's wallet, my vision at present?

lol, your ment to read it out aloud " the forking internet". just don't do it when the kids are about. But as far as i'm concerned bitcoin isn't going anywhere.

So funny Going to steal that ALL DAY ♨

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Great Post I'm going to reference this in my show later today.. stay tuned

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