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by SkidanovAlex 2715 days ago
You don't need to go to top 100. Two Bitcoin forks that are scams are in Top 10 right now.
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> You don't need to go to top 100. Two Bitcoin forks that are scams are in Top 10 right now.

The 2 forks he's referring to are Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV in case anyone was wondering.

Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin SV?

Last time I tried Core fork of Bitcoin, it was useless, it had $30 transaction fees (due to artificial block size limit).

I was scammed out of my money, couldn't move it. This isn't fixed yet, fees will appear again when transaction volume increases.

Meanwhile with Bitcoin Cash I was sending $1 to Venezuelian for less than $0.01.

Scam implies theft. Those forks aren't being used to steal money from people.
What if one of the proponents of those projects is a guy who pretends to be Satoshi Nakamoto? When we all know he isn't, and know and he can't prove it. Should that affect the credibility of a project?
I mean it's not really a scam, but it's definitely fraud.