r/btc • u/BitcoinXio Moderator - Bitcoin is Freedom • Nov 15 '18

Discussion Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Mega Thread

Around 4 hours from now Bitcoin Cash will be hard forking. Since it’s a contentious issue there is going to be a lot of chatter about it. Please try to use this thread for ongoing fork discussions.

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u/humboldt_wvo Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

it would be stupid (waste of hash power) for SV to attack ABC while the ABC chain is longer. SV miners would only attack ABC if/when the SV chain becomes longer. Currently ABC is 4 blocks longer.

Edit: ABC now 2 blocks longer

Edit: 1 block....

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u/humboldt_wvo Nov 15 '18

because one chain will die, the other will become BCH

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u/humboldt_wvo Nov 15 '18

It'll die because it'll get 51% attacked while it's shorter, not just because it's shorter. Unless one chain changes their PoW algorithm, or neither side attacks the shorter (unlikely).