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Commenters have objected that this is BitcoinSV rather than Bitcoin, so I put SV in the title above. I don't actually know what that means, so let me know if I got something wrong.

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Most people don't know what they're talking about, they're easily swayed by crowd dynamics, you should look into it dang and see for yourself. Bitcoin (sv) is Bitcoin. That's distinct from an assertion that it is superior to what currently trades under the BTC ticker. But it's probably that too.

There's a really high noise to signal ratio right now, I'd love to see how this comment ages over time.

SV is a fork of a fork (Bitcoin Cash). Many Bitcoin SV advocates get pretty uptight that theirs is the original (based on philosophical differences with Bitcoin development over time) and less of a fork than a reclaiming of the original "vision" (I know it sounds like a bit of convoluted logic ... if it quacks like a duck ....)

It uses the Bitcoin protocol and operates on the Bitcoin SV network (notice the space) by default.

Ok, have a space. Anything else?

Looks like a lot of new accounts astroturfing this submission?

They are coming from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoincashSV/comments/c5eg27/its_t...

Interesting that some of the top comments on that reddit thread seem to at least be encouraging commenters to follow the etiquette here... polite astroturfing is better than impolite maybe?

> There’s a much different tone of discourse there, so be sure to leave your ad hominems and hero worship behind.

Ok, we've closed the thread to new accounts for now.

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