Bitcoin's civil war could cause a 'fork' — here's what that means

Bitcoin users have found themselves in the middle of a civil war as developers and miners have disagreed over the future of the cryptocurrency.On one hand, the core developers want to keep the blocks that make up bitcoin's network limited in their size to protect it from hacks. On the other hand, some miners want to make the blocks bigger to improve the network's speed.
That disagreement means a bitcoin "fork" could occur on Tuesday as the deadline for a decision is set for 8:20 a