Tag: hard fork
Bitcoin Cash Miners Carry Out 51% Attack to Prevent Unauthorized Access
Recent reports indicate that a 51% attack has been carried out on the BitcoinCash (BCH) blockchain, where two mining pools decided to...
BitcoinCash’s November 15th Hardforks Activate, the Blockchain splits
The BitcoinCash network is undergoing regular updates through forks, the next of which was scheduled for November 15th. With different, incompatible directions suggested by...
BitcoinCash Hard-Fork Set for November 15th, Platform’s Direction Uncertain
A long standing dispute within the Bitcoin Cash community has failed to reach a compromise, setting the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency up for a...
More Platforms are Implementing Hard Forks to Fight ASICs
The months-long decrease in market values has done little to slow crypto development, and more than ever corporate and enterprise players are controlling Proof-of-Work...
Monero Hard-Forks, Becomes First Major Coin to Implement Bulletproofs
After months of preparation, Monero (XMR) has successfully activated a hard fork, upgrading its capabilities and technologies. This move is intended to make the...
SegWit2x (BT2 or B2X) hard fork countdown clock
Update November 8th: The hard-fork has been called off, as reported by Crypto-News here.
SegWit2x plans to split off the Bitcoin network at block 494784,...
Breaking the Confusion Around SegWit2x
This controversial topic has left investors, users, and organizations perplexed. Many in the Bitcoin community have pitched their opinions about the matter, have made their...
What is SegWit2x and how could it affect Bitcoin?
A majority of miners have started showing their preference for SegWit2x, a version of Segregated Witness that's deviating from what Core developers envision to...
The History of What’s Leading Bitcoin to the August 1st Fork
Things are looking a bit rough within bitcoin’s community once again. Current events might not exactly be as divisive as when opposition to Core...
Canadian Companies Unanimously Reject Bitcoin Unlimited
The top Bitcoin firms in Canada, together with operators of economic nodes and service providers, agreed to try turning down Bitcoin Unlimited. According to...
