BTC forking is to improve the coin's performance so that it can stay competitive with all the other coins. This approach is completely different comparing to central banks printing money out of thin air.
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I understand that it's done for the improvements, but it's not that they improve the "original" bitcoin itself...but because there are different sides/opinions on how it should get evolved it splits into 2 or more...so you get original bitcoin + new forked bitcoins