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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP proposal: Increase block size limit to 2
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I would expect that custodians who fail to produce coins on both sides
of a fork in response to depositor requests will find themselves in
serious legal trouble.

Especially if the price moves against either fork.

On 02/07/2016 10:55 AM, Jonathan Toomim via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 9:21 PM, Jannes Faber via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
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>> They *must* be able to send their customers both coins as separate
>> withdrawals.
>>
> Supporting the obsolete chain is unnecessary. Such support has not
> been offered in any cryptocurrency hard fork before, as far as I know.
> I do not see why it should start now.
>>
>> If not, that amounts to theft of their customers funds.
>>
> If they announce their planned behavior before the fork, I do not see
> any ethical or legal issues. 
>
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