History of ForksA quantitative series
ON-CHAIN AND MARKET DATA, NOT NARRATIVE
History of Forks
Five case studies in why blockchain splits succeed or fail, told through price, transaction, and hashrate data rather than after-the-fact storytelling.
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Preface
Why this series exists, the methodology behind it, and how to read each chapter.
01
Bitcoin Cash vs. Bitcoin
The first fork. A bull-market fee crisis, a proposal to scale on-chain, and the split that started it all.
02
Ethereum vs. Ethereum Classic
The one fork in this series that succeeded: The DAO hack, the hard fork that reversed it, and the minority chain that refused.
03
Bitcoin Gold vs. Bitcoin
The anti-ASIC fork built on rentable hardware, attacked twice, cheaper the second time.
04
Bitcoin BLAKE2b: One Month Retrospective
The newest fork in the series, one month after its own hard fork — measured against every chapter before it.