@metamitya @AwesomeKalin55 The Dot and the Line — Time’s S…
@metamitya @AwesomeKalin55
The Dot and the Line — Time’s Shape
Bitcoin started as a genesis dot — the original protocol, original vision. Over time, it split into two timelines, diverging based on differing technical and philosophical choices.
Regarding the discussion about a hard fork:
The new OP codes being introduced on BTC (like OP_CAT) are part of a soft fork — backward-compatible changes that don’t break the network consensus.
However, the bigger issue isn’t just soft vs hard fork in code — it’s about identity and legality.
BTC continues to use the legacy ‘1’ address format, which is part of the original Bitcoin design protected by patents held by nChain (Craig Wright’s group). But BTC denies holding those patents and disowns the original Bitcoin protocol by disabling key features.
This means BTC is operating outside patent law by reusing legacy addresses without ownership — a kind of legal hard fork waiting to happen. It can’t fully call itself Bitcoin while ignoring the original patent claims and protocol intent.
If BTC wants to maintain the Bitcoin name, it must either:
So yes, the technical “soft fork” happening now is minor compared to the real hard fork looming on the horizon — the fork of legal identity and protocol authenticity.
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@metamitya @AwesomeKalin55
On BTC, the hard fork already happened, but they deny it ever took place—refusing to acknowledge the break from the original Bitcoin protocol. They keep using legacy addresses and calling themselves Bitcoin, but operate under different rules, capped block sizes, and disabled features.
On BSV, the hard fork has NOT happened. BSV stays true to the original Bitcoin protocol, design, and patent claims, preserving full original functionality including legacy addresses, full opcode support, and unbounded scaling.
Oh, and BSV legacy wallet addresses also work on BTC. I was able to recover “lost” BTC funds using BSV infrastructure, demonstrating full backwards compatibility between BSV and BTC at the legacy address level.
So which one is the original?
In short: BTC is the hard fork, but denies it. BSV is the continuation of the original Bitcoin vision and protocol.
SegWit was the hard fork, where it broke away from the original whitepaper. OP_CAT did exist, then was disabled on BTC then after BCH did a ticker fork from BTC after BTC protocol forked, OP_CAT was re-enabled, which carried onto BSV. BTC has done other forks since then, but SegWit and Taproot were the 2 big hard forks that truly changed it