[hanniabu]

The first part is consensus. The most supported one maintains the original name. The second part is support and use. Even though other forks have a cost, does not mean they are legitimate. I'm not sure if you've heard of Craig Wright, Calvin Ayre, and Roger Ver, but they are majority holders of these forks and control supply and therefore price. I will not go into a huge lengthy discussion about this here, if you Google this there are others that can provide more information and explain this much better than me.

[empath75]

Where exactly is any of this defined in the bitcoin protocol? The real bitcoin isn’t made by particular people that you don’t like? I thought all that mattered was the code and now we have unelected random people deciding which code is good for me to use and which is bad?

[spookthesunset]

All those forks are legitimate. Who are you to decide which is legit?