Bitcoin Has Larger Blockchain Than Its "Big Block" Forks: Jameson Lopp

Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp has taken to Twitter to call attention to the fact that Bitcoin still outperforms its "big block" forks when it comes to blockchain size. His tweet almost inevitably riled up the communities of Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV.

2 years after the big block "Cash" fork
1 year after the gigablock "SV" fork
Yet "small block" Bitcoin still has the largest blockchain. ?https://t.co/GaUFw6fF9q pic.twitter.com/tVX2PjD3NW

— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) December 2, 2019

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