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0 pointsicebraining8y ago0 comments

It's not, though; the developers can write the code, but they can't force people to upgrade.

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wmf8y ago

They can withhold features that people want by refusing to code them, which is what one of the controversies is about.

But other people can code them, and people as a whole can choose what software they want to run?

If some large exchanges upgrade, and some don't, the consequences are similar to those of a code fork. Suddenly the currency becomes split into two different currencies.

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