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by remram 1028 days ago
Isn't the entire point of blockchain and proof-of-work to prevent forks?
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eric_cc 1028 days ago
Absolutely not. Forks are extremely important. Where did you come up with that idea?
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remram 1027 days ago
It's a consensus mechanism, a way to agree on which fork is the real one and which forks should be ignored, automatically.
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