I just minted one billion pickle tokens that have absolutely no value until people agree that they do, but if i forked a chain that had value at the right time... like in 2017...
Give me all your pickle tokens or else!
Nothing has value without demand, obviously. Anyone could fork any network, demand and network effect won't magically appear.
if you could retroactively claim your coins because you held any of the original version, then coins were made without the usual "hashwork" associated with the minting of new coins
I can agree there, but i would say that in the instance of a split in which the supply is doubled, and both forks have value and some network effect, that monies appeared suddenly.
