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by shp0ngle 852 days ago
Also Bitcoin SV (SV for Satoshi's Vision).

And Bitcoin ABC.

There are so many to chose from.

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There are, but SV and ABC (now called eCash/XEC) also made departures from Bitcoin that I feel are pretty significant:

BSV: completely removed any concept of a tx spam cap and encouraged use of its blockchain for random data storage. Neither of these are things Satoshi supported. Its spiritual leader is also a charlatan.

XEC: changed both the mining algorithm and added in a "dev tax" on block rewards. The dev tax in particular is something I don't imagine Satoshi would have supported, or he would have added it himself from the start.

But to each their own.

Bitcoin SV is the Craig Wright-backed crypto that is pretty different from Bitcoin, and is only "following Satoshi's intended path" if you actually believe that hack is Satoshi
May the longest chain win.