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Viabtc Founder Reveals BCH Fork Idea Called Bitcoin Cat
9.8.2020
During the last few days, discussions concerning the Bitcoin Cash Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm (DAA) has become a polarizing debate. In the midst of all the quarreling, Viabtc’s founder Haipo Yang has announced a new fork of BCH called Bitcoin Cat. News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on...
Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork
7.8.2020
The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix
Tensions Flare: Is Bitcoin Cash Headed to Another ‘Catastrophic’ Fork?
5.8.2020
Despite tensions flaring among Bitcoin Cash developers over the protocol’s difficulty algorithm, another chain split seems unlikely
Cardano ‘Dwarfs’ Tezos After Shelley Hard Fork, Says Security Auditor
3.8.2020
According to a leading blockchain security auditing firm, Cardano will become the second biggest proof-of-stake platform behind Ethereum, dwarfing Tezos
Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork
30.7.2020
It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network
Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork is Happening Tomorrow, No Interruption Expected
28.7.2020
As Cardano prepares to migrate from the Byron to Shelley era with a planned hard fork, no interruption of service is expected
Third Anniversary of Bitcoin Cash Highlights a Myriad of Network Improvements
22.7.2020
In twelve days the Bitcoin Cash community will celebrate the third anniversary of the 2017 fork that happened on August 1. Since then, a number of changes have happened during the last three years and the following editorial will discuss the significant differences between both chains. The Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year
16.7.2020
Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points
Zcash Latest Hard Fork ‘Heartwood’ Makes Mining Private
16.7.2020
Privacy coin Zcash has successfully hard forked at block height 903,00 in a planned network update known as “Heartwood.”
Six Months Later, Bitcoin Community Finally Debates How to Activate Taproot
15.7.2020
The Taproot conversation is continuing with the Bitcoin community having to decide how to begin the months-long activation process
Brave Browser Fork Makes a ‘Bold’ Move Citing Legal Pressure
9.7.2020
“Braver”, designed as an adware-free fork of the Brave Browser, has allegedly been forced to rebrand due to legal threats
Polkadot Wants to Enable You to Launch Custom Blockchains in One Hour
8.7.2020
During yesterday’s Unitize blockchain conference, developer Bruno Škvorc illustrated how a Polkadot-based blockchain can be launched within one hour
Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns
30.6.2020
79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up
Qtum Preps for Mainnet Hard Fork With New Testnet Event
29.6.2020
Qtum completed a testnet hard fork prior to launching its mainnet hard fork
Beam to Make Its First Move Towards Private DeFi With June 2020 Hard Fork
24.6.2020
Beam updates details on its June 28 hard fork, laying out foundations for the firm’s future DeFi offering
This Startup Is Forking Compound to Make Hiring More Efficient
24.6.2020
Braintrust launched out of stealth mode Wednesday, backed by a $6 million seed round featuring True Ventures, Homebrew Ventures, Uprising Ventures, Galaxy Digital, IDEO CoLab, Kindred Ventures and Vy Capital
Kin Community Approves Move From Stellar Fork to Solana’s Blockchain
19.6.2020
Devs, node operators and the Kin Foundation board have approved its move from a fork of the Stellar blockchain to Solana's network
Ledger Adds Bitcoin Buying; Brave Fork; Ethereum Cashback + More News
10.6.2020
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Major crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger launched a crypto buying option on their Ledger Live application....
A Number of Small Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Quitting as Older Mining Rigs Become Worthless
10.6.2020
Bitcoin mining has changed a great deal since the block reward halving on May 11, 2020, and the overall SHA256 hashrate has been between 100-120 exahash per second (EH/s) during the last 48 hours. Reports from China show that a number of small mining operations are struggling and older bitcoin...
Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s Second Major Departure From Ethereum
3.6.2020
Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work