Here is the post for archival purposes Author n 8 n 3 k Content A hardfork creates essentially an altcoin where everyone owns as much of the altcoin as they own bitcoins . You can then sell your bitcoins for the altcoin , thus driving bitcoins price down and the altcoins price up . You ' ll find that most investors aren ' t concerned about buying a coffee with bitcoin , but about keeping it dezentralized and censorship resistant . And some of the requirements for this are . ulliMiners need to be well rewarded . liliPeople need to able to mine via tor or a bad internet connection . liulThus we can ' t just increase the block size to one GB . <| sep |> Pumpkin pancakes sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and coffee . While watching the Macy ' s parade . Thanksgiving was cancelled this year because half the family is pretty sick , so working on an alt plan for the day . Are movie theaters open ?