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		icebraining on April 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental Forking BTC didn't give anyone "free money" - all the money came from buyers. Filecoin could be forked to improve it, much like BCH has differences in relation to BTC (e.g. maximum block size).

marcus_holmes on April 23, 2018 [–]

I had 1 BTC. Then it forked and I had 1 BTC and 1 BCH, together worth more than the 1 BTC I started with. I did nothing to get this. Free money.

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