You are thinking about this from a legacy economy point of view.
No, I'm not. I'm thinking of this in a literal, technical, objective point of view.
What is a blockchain?
It's just a database. It's entries of information. It's a ledger, ie the information is only added.
When Hive forked, a NEW database was created and maintained that contained NEW information that exists completely separate and apart from the Steem database. "Save Ae..." = New File = New Database.
Don't take the fact that you don't understand how this works and assume NO ONE understands it. That's a ridiculous thing to say. Obviously people are designing blockchains as we speak so people clearly understand it.
No, you didn't, unless you were on that shitlist and got your coins sent to
@steem.dao. Are you measuring balance in terms of USD? Another laughable situation, and also something that I've been bringing up lately. 26M Steem does not equal $5M. Ned knew this; everyone knows this.
Obviously I mean POST fork, which is the proof that there is a new and separate database/asset/blockchain/information.
Seriously don't really get how this is confusing.
RE: Remember when @Blocktrades explained how a fork is not theft and you ate that shit up like it was candy?