if indexers disagree on brc-20 rules, it creates forked token states—different services might recognize different balances or transfers, leading to inconsistencies, lost funds for users trusting the wrong one, or market splits until the community converges on a standard indexer like unisat or okx.
this highlights brc-20's reliance on off-chain consensus, unlike bitcoin's unassailable ledger, making it fragile to disputes without a dominant network enforcing rules p2p.
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