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Bitcoin FORKED Then $1 BILLION Flooded Into ETFs

Bitcoin actually split into two competing chains, and for a few minutes its latest civil war stopped being theoretical. BIP-110 put miners, nodes and Bitcoin's consensus mechanism to a real-world test, with 99.85% of hash power ultimately continuing on the Core chain. While the legacy financial system faces growing stress, Bitcoin just showed how it handles disagreement without bailouts, politicians or a central authority.

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