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by EdHominem 3553 days ago
If they fork it's effectively the same as them switching to a totally new coin with entirely different branding. NewBitcoin is no more threatening that Ethereum.

There's nothing they can do that gets rid of your bitcoin though. That's the "math" point. As long as they're on the main chain the rules (expressible as math) prevent arbitrary creation or destruction of coins.