Bitcoin has forked to preserve its quality as "peer-to-peer electronic cash". Forking is a way to upgrade the protocol and resolve contentious disputes.
Holy shit. This 1991 lecture from University of Southern California is so damn good - and funny! If such econ lecturers existed, I might have added a course to my studies.
1. Be Satoshi 2. 10 years later, claim copyright on code & whitepaper 3. Issue infringement takedown notices for WP hosters 4. Remember all Bitcoin blockchains include WP 5. Take down all nodes 6. Champaign
"Some of our evolutionary success occurred because groups formed, and they tended to be altruistic. Genetic relationships or not, these groups often cooperated, which is part of why we Homo sapiens were successful." /
"[...] when pressed by the Court how Craig would have standing to assert an objection on behalf of the United States, Craig abandoned the 'national security' objection."