Morkos: Non-consensus hard forks could split Bitcoin into two currencies
Alex Morkos · a16z Podcast | Hard Forks, Hard Choices for Bitcoin · Jan 2, 2019 · at 6:49
Alex Morkos, cryptocurrency expert, warns about the risks of proposed Bitcoin scaling solutions that lack broad consensus during the block size debate.
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“You might end up with two separate currencies instead of everybody moving over to the new currencies.”
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