<p>Here is the result of my searches. Note this omits discussions on the intermittent forking natural in Proof of Work. Also, I alas didn't find the quote I had in mind in the question.</p>
<h2>1. Forks of Bitcoin</h2>
<p><strong>SHA256 breaking</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/115/#selection-25.0-25.62" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Bitcoin Forum: Re: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions June 14, 2010, 08:39:50 PM</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>If SHA-256 became completely broken, I think we could come to some
agreement about what the honest block chain was before the trouble
started, lock that in and continue from there with a new hash
function.</p>
<p>If the hash breakdown came gradually, we could transition to a new
hash in an orderly way.  The software would be programmed to start
using a new hash after a certain block number.  Everyone would have to
upgrade by that time.  The software could save the new hash of all the
old blocks to make sure a different block with the same old hash can't
be used.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>see also <a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/212/#selection-25.0-25.57" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Re: Hash() function not secure July 16, 2010, 04:13:53 PM</code></a></p>
<p><strong>Internet segmentation</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/168/#selection-25.0-25.41" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Bitcoin Forum: Re: Anonymity July 08, 2010, 07:12:00 PM</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>...
Any node with access to both sides would automatically flow the
block chain over, such as someone getting around the blockade with a
dial-up modem or sat-phone.  It would only take one node to do it.
Anyone who wants to keep doing business would be motivated.
...</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Signature compromise</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/173/#selection-25.0-25.45" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Bitcoin Forum: Re: Major Meltdown July 10, 2010, 01:36:17 PM</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Quote from &quot;llama&quot; &gt; However, if something happened and the signatures were compromised (perhaps integer factorization is solved, quantum
computers?), then even agreeing upon the last valid block would be
worthless.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>True, if it happened suddenly.  If it happens gradually, we can still
transition to something stronger.  When you run the upgraded software
for the first time, it would re-sign all your money with the new
stronger signature algorithm.  (by creating a transaction sending the
money to yourself with the stronger sig)</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Longest chain</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/cryptography/6/#selection-29.3312-29.3440" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>re. Hal Finney Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper - 2008-11-09 01:58:48 UTC</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>... The only way for everyone to stay on the same page is to believe that
the longest chain is always the valid one, no matter what.</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>2. Forks in general</h2>
<p>I didn't find anything.</p>
<h2>3. Altcoin/similar projects</h2>
<p><strong>BitDNS</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/115/#selection-25.0-25.62" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>re. Mike Hearn &lt;mike@plan99.net&gt; Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Procedure to hash a BitDNS block:</p>
<ul>
<li>hash the BitDNS block</li>
<li>construct a Bitcoin block</li>
<li>insert the BitDNS hash into the scriptSig of tx 0 in the Bitcoin block</li>
<li>hash the Bitcoin block   The BitDNS block is valid if that hash is below BitDNS's target.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p>(quote truncated, see <a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/mike-hearn/14/#selection-25.3722-25.3976" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Ripple</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/p2p-research/4/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>p2presearch@listcultures.org Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:31</code></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>&gt; Are you familiar with Ripple?</p>
<p>As trust systems go, Ripple is unique in spreading trust around rather
than concentrating it.</p>
</blockquote>

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Lee
<p>I think thats too much of an open ended and broad set of multiple  questions to be answerable here but you can find the complete public writings of Satoshi Nakamoto using a search engine. I think there are several collections, some allow you to download the whole set which I found made it easier to search them. Some online collections have a built in search facility.</p>
<p>Some examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/" rel="noreferrer">https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/</a></li>
<li>&quot;The Book of Satoshi: The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto&quot; by Phil Champagne (not an endorsement, I haven't read it)</li>
</ul>

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RedGrittyBrick
<p><strong>What Satoshi Nakomoto quotes are there in relation to:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li><strong>forks of Bitcoin?</strong></li>
<li><strong>forks in general?</strong></li>
<li><strong>altcoin/similar projects?</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Here I mean forks that form distinct new coins/ecosystems, not in relation to proof of work rivalry.</p>
<p>I think I remember a quote that had the idea that people would tend not to choose a new project over the first one, the one with sociocultural inertia. I can't seem to find it though.</p>
<p>I'm interested in all of Satoshi Nakomoto's quotes in relation to forks/alternative cryptocurrencies (ones that started after bitcoin genesis).</p>

<altcoin><blockchain-fork><history><satoshi-nakamoto><soft-fork>
What Satoshi Nakomoto quotes are there in relation to forks and altcoins?
Lee
# What Satoshi Nakomoto quotes are there in relation to forks and altcoins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-22)

**What Satoshi Nakomoto quotes are there in relation to:**

1. **forks of Bitcoin?**
2. **forks in general?**
3. **altcoin/similar projects?**

Here I mean forks that form distinct new coins/ecosystems, not in relation to proof of work rivalry.

I think I remember a quote that had the idea that people would tend not to choose a new project over the first one, the one with sociocultural inertia. I can't seem to find it though.

I'm interested in all of Satoshi Nakomoto's quotes in relation to forks/alternative cryptocurrencies (ones that started after bitcoin genesis).

**Tags:** altcoin, blockchain-fork, history, satoshi-nakamoto, soft-fork


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

I think thats too much of an open ended and broad set of multiple questions to be answerable here but you can find the complete public writings of Satoshi Nakamoto using a search engine. I think there are several collections, some allow you to download the whole set which I found made it easier to search them. Some online collections have a built in search facility.

Some examples:

* <https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/>
* <https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/>
* "The Book of Satoshi: The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto" by Phil Champagne (not an endorsement, I haven't read it)


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### Answer by username_0 on 2023-11-23. Score: 2

Here is the result of my searches. Note this omits discussions on the intermittent forking natural in Proof of Work. Also, I alas didn't find the quote I had in mind in the question.

## 1. Forks of Bitcoin

**SHA256 breaking**

[`Bitcoin Forum: Re: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions June 14, 2010, 08:39:50 PM`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/115/#selection-25.0-25.62)

> If SHA-256 became completely broken, I think we could come to some
> agreement about what the honest block chain was before the trouble
> started, lock that in and continue from there with a new hash
> function.
>
> If the hash breakdown came gradually, we could transition to a new
> hash in an orderly way. The software would be programmed to start
> using a new hash after a certain block number. Everyone would have to
> upgrade by that time. The software could save the new hash of all the
> old blocks to make sure a different block with the same old hash can't
> be used.

see also [`Re: Hash() function not secure July 16, 2010, 04:13:53 PM`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/212/#selection-25.0-25.57)

**Internet segmentation**

[`Bitcoin Forum: Re: Anonymity July 08, 2010, 07:12:00 PM`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/168/#selection-25.0-25.41)

> ...
> Any node with access to both sides would automatically flow the
> block chain over, such as someone getting around the blockade with a
> dial-up modem or sat-phone. It would only take one node to do it.
> Anyone who wants to keep doing business would be motivated.
> ...

**Signature compromise**

[`Bitcoin Forum: Re: Major Meltdown July 10, 2010, 01:36:17 PM`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/173/#selection-25.0-25.45)

> Quote from "llama" > However, if something happened and the signatures were compromised (perhaps integer factorization is solved, quantum
> computers?), then even agreeing upon the last valid block would be
> worthless.

> True, if it happened suddenly. If it happens gradually, we can still
> transition to something stronger. When you run the upgraded software
> for the first time, it would re-sign all your money with the new
> stronger signature algorithm. (by creating a transaction sending the
> money to yourself with the stronger sig)

**Longest chain**

[`re. Hal Finney Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper - 2008-11-09 01:58:48 UTC`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/cryptography/6/#selection-29.3312-29.3440)

> ... The only way for everyone to stay on the same page is to believe that
> the longest chain is always the valid one, no matter what.

## 2. Forks in general

I didn't find anything.

## 3. Altcoin/similar projects

**BitDNS**

[`re. Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net> Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/forum/bitcoin-forum/115/#selection-25.0-25.62)

> Procedure to hash a BitDNS block:
>
> * hash the BitDNS block
> * construct a Bitcoin block
> * insert the BitDNS hash into the scriptSig of tx 0 in the Bitcoin block
> * hash the Bitcoin block The BitDNS block is valid if that hash is below BitDNS's target.

(quote truncated, see [source](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/mike-hearn/14/#selection-25.3722-25.3976))

**Ripple**

[`p2presearch@listcultures.org Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:31`](https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/p2p-research/4/)

> > Are you familiar with Ripple?
>
> As trust systems go, Ripple is unique in spreading trust around rather
> than concentrating it.


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