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by lmpostor 2051 days ago
Two reason why on BTC it doesn't.

1. Longer block times, so it is pretty rare that multiple miners are finding multiple valid consecutive blocks to compete on separate chains

2. It is against their incentives. By being apart of the losing chain, they have used thousands in hash power and missed out on possible tens of thousands that would come from the valid chain.