Is this for real ? another fork of bitcoin ? BITCOIN DIAMOND

[dreamer81]

why do you even care about forks? Bitcoin have been forked since day 1. The only difference is that those people that are forking now, invest a huge amount of money in PR, and let you people think they are doing something good. Ignore the forks. It's just a piece of bull....

[HabBear]

I just checked their website. The ONLY thing this blockchain provides above and beyond Bitcoin's blockchain is an 8mb block size. That's significantly larger than Bitcoin.

But why should we expect this hard fork to work? There are have already been several attempts to scale Bitcoin's block size, and all have failed to bring down Bitcoin.

These feels like a shameless attempt to create an ICO by using the brand recognition and success of Bitcoin.

If anyone from the BTCD team is out here, it's time to start proving your worth to us. Otherwise, stop wasting our time!

[darkangel11]

I don't need another bad fork. Bitcoin gold was bad enough. Its not good for the name bitcoin with all this forks and scams. Hope this is the last fork for the next time. I think, enough is enough... 

It's what I'm doing with most forked coins. I'm only leaving myself a bit for the rough times. If anything happens and somehow BTC dies and people turn to BCH (which is like 5% chance, but still it exists, we can't rule it out) I will be left with some money to buy booze and keep myself drunk for a couple weeks to forget that I sold it all at $1000 to buy more bitcoin

[Jating]

I would ignore it if I were you. WTF is really happening now with all this fork? They are really all for the money and they don't care about the technology anymore. Its just a shame that people will stay fall from this kind of trap like what happened to bitcoin gold.

I'm guessing that the failed attempt by bitcoin cash two weeks ago, they think of another fork and try one more time to really down the market again. But they still don't get it, people are going to stick to bitcoin no matter what and no coins could surpass it in the next 10 years or more.

[GorillaDental]

Not to get too corporate...but, it seems that bitcoin btc should almost have a copyright or tm on that name, so that others don't keep trying to rip it off and confuse the public. What if Sprite decided to call itself Coke Clear or some shit? 

[btcprospecter]

For forks sake not another one. Think I will be giving this one a big swerve. I can't see what this one does any better than bitcoin. Will have to see what happens.

[Boseda]

Yes, it is for real. They look they even started mining.

The weird thing there's already another altcoin called Bitcoin Diamond: http://bitcoin-diamond.org/
There's even an investment company with the same name: https://bitcoindiamond.org/

I think all these forks and splits can only lead to uncertainty and confusion, specially among new investors.
But it's free market, there's no regulation and anyone can fork Bitcoin code, make as many altcoins as he wants and maybe even profit from it. If we like and want free unregulated market, we should accept pros and cons of it...

[Jet Cash]

It seems to me that there are malicious forks and benign forks. Malicious forks try to hijack the Bitcoin blockchain, and are obviously destructive. Benign forks use the Bitcoin blockchain to jumpstart a new alt, and are unlikely to have any impact on the real blockchain. It seems that a benign fork is just a giveaway to Bitcoin users, and they are likely to benefit Bitcoin as long as they don't pretend to be the real Bitcoin, or to ask for a cash investment.

[stompix]

Yes, it is for real. They look they even started mining.

The weird thing there's already another altcoin called Bitcoin Diamond: http://bitcoin-diamond.org/
There's even an investment company with the same name: https://bitcoindiamond.org/

First one is a ponzi scheme, they don't even hide it:

How do you calculate the interest on my account?
Depending on each plan. Interest on your BitcoinDiamond.org HYIP account is acquired Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly and Yearly and credited to your available balance at the end of each day.

Whatever the second is, I can't call that mining:
http://bitcoin-diamond.org:3001/movement

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17th Nov 2017 01:42:50

Haha waiting eagerly for bitcoin silver, bronze, iron, steel, mercury, plastic or who knows paper? These are just some shit forks done by anyone around the world. Unless any fork doesn't gets support from the core team that is actually not a fork just another shit coin.

Check the altcoin section , probably we have them already


What is actually getting me angry is that with this load of forks there are going to be a lot of coins that will be used just to steal your BTC once you import your keys in their "official" wallet.
Always when you do this after the fork make sure you have moved your coins from that address in a new one on the original chain.

[CoinEraser]

I don't need another bad fork. Bitcoin gold was bad enough. Its not good for the name bitcoin with all this forks and scams. Hope this is the last fork for the next time. I think, enough is enough... 

It's what I'm doing with most forked coins. I'm only leaving myself a bit for the rough times. If anything happens and somehow BTC dies and people turn to BCH (which is like 5% chance, but still it exists, we can't rule it out) I will be left with some money to buy booze and keep myself drunk for a couple weeks to forget that I sold it all at $1000 to buy more bitcoin

This is really the best quote of the day. Cant stop laugh about it....  "buy booze and keep myself drunk for a couple weeks" Really good!  I think that would be the best thing to do if it came to that.

[iram1011]

Indeed fork coins are bullshit. Hardly any was able to maintain its price. But today everyone is doing fork. This raises a question on bitcoin credibility. We did see the recent BCH pump. This fight between BTC and its forked coins can be ugly for the Bitcoin market. These forks one after the other aren't really healthy. But the decentralized nature of bitcoin can't help in stopping these bullshit forks. I think this is getting too much now. Some miners mere for personal gains are executing baseless forks. Kinda fed up of them.

[LeGaulois]

For forks sake not another one. Think I will be giving this one a big swerve. I can't see what this one does any better than bitcoin. Will have to see what happens.

Be ready to see more in future. A fork itself is not bad basically, Bitcoin already showed us that it's the king lol. But if we see a fork every month of the year then there is something wrong. Look like it's the latest method to make free money using people. Another cover instead of the ICO etc perhaps.

[yluna88]

Thank you for this thread. I just learned that Bitcoin has been forked 900 times 

[AmXProX]

Another Fanbased coin to be released from a  fork?
When are you guys gonna stop this crap?

At least you are pumping BTC's price. haha just ignore this guys.

Stop forking the coin try spooning it.

[californiaquail]

I called that a long time ago.

 Just like Pokemons, every month we'll have a new version. Already Bitcoin Red, Gold, Cash, I was just waiting for Diamond & Ruby to come out.

F that.

[rasho321]

I don't need another bad fork. Bitcoin gold was bad enough. Its not good for the name bitcoin with all this forks and scams. Hope this is the last fork for the next time. I think, enough is enough... 

Lol, another fork is coming... Bitcoin Silver

[namjar]

A lot of forks are on the way right now, there is a new fork called bitcoin silver, and now this shitty fork called bitcoin diamond, i am 100% sure that they all will turn scam. The new forks are now like they were before, now all the forks are created in order to steal private keys from the real bitcoin holders in order to make themselves a little bit more wealthy.
It is not good, better to keep using your funds and earn money with that, instead of trying to get more by using this fork for getting a few hundreds more.
9/10 forks are scam nowadays.

[CrypticGambit]

Those forks are getting ridiculous! Just ignore them they won't stand a chance. Exchanges will not list them, they are already pissed after btg and bch forks!

[Halcyon Days]

Indeed there are too many forks, and most of them are not adding anything to the altcoin world, but a quick profit for the makers of the coin.
I don't know what Bitcoin Diamond is about (is there even an announcement thread here?), but I would not give too much credit for now. At least not so much, that you should move your coins. As said before, people and exchanges are also not amused by the amount of forks flying around.

[Yakamoto]

Go to coinmarkert cap there's bitcoin coal, bitcoin red and many others.. Just press ignore.

People don't learn... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2422959.msg24795107#msg24795107

Bitcoin Gold turned into a scam but I'm 100% more will lose money on bitcoin diamond

Well, it's not like anyone really has to get invested in something like that. Forks exist but the worst part is that there are people who actually believe that one fork or another is going to legitimately make them some money. If everyone ignored the shitty forks that exist (and often are nothing more than a copied blockchain with maybe some minor additions), we would have a lot cleaner crypto economy and less variants of the same BS constantly.

The only people making money on these forks are those that initiate them. I'd like to see some numbers and info on who creates what forks and what ICOs.