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Fork confusion map

When a chain forks, the fight moves off the code and onto one question — which one is the real one — and that question drags a dozen others behind it. Here they are as one network, colored by how well each is evidenced.

which one is real? same name, new token did the devs move? inherited the old scandal docs point to old repo which chat is official? is it a cash-grab? exchange listed the wrong one are my old coins safe?
FORK CONFUSION MAP · ANONYMIZED
HOW TO READ IT

Each node is a question the public actually asks. A link means one misreading pulls the next along with it. Node size is downstream pull — how many other questions it feeds.

Verified — documented in the public record
Contested — the evidence points both ways
Latent — asked quietly, not yet loud
The load-bearing question
WHY IT MATTERS

A contested fork doesn't spread through its whitepaper. It spreads the way a rumor does — one confused person at a time, each question dragging the next. Draw the network and one node usually carries the rest. Answer that one first.

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SOURCE / METHOD
Anonymized pattern from real audits Questions collected from public surfaces Color = evidence state · not vibe Hand-tuned layout · static render

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