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Speedy Trial Success — Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Set to Lock-in This Weekend
12.6.2021
On Friday, June 11, 2021, data shows that Taproot could get locked-in this coming weekend, as the signal ratio is 98.3% and a touch more than 100 additional signaling blocks are needed to lock in the upcoming soft fork. Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Inches Toward Lock-in, Success Means Activation...
Celo rallies 50% as excitement builds for the upcoming 'Donut' hardfork
19.5.2021
CELO price gained 50% ahead of the network’s May 19 'Donut’ hardfork which will help increase interoperability and lower gas fees
US lawmaker introduces bill aimed at protecting 'forked assets' from IRS
18.5.2021
This is the third time Rep. Emmer has introduced the bill to the House of Representatives, but the first with a Democrat in the presidency
Centric (CNR/CNS) Announces Migration to Binance Smart Chain
11.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. London, UK — Centric announced an upcoming fork to the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), after almost 2.5 years on the TRON blockchain. Centric’s tokens, Centric Cash (CNS) and Centric Rise (CNR), will move to the BEP-20 token standard native to the Binance Smart Chain. Binance...
Bitcoin Cash price jumps 68%: Looming hard fork to boost BCH user base?
6.5.2021
Bitcoin Cash is on the march ahead of its upcoming network upgrade
Bitcoin Cash Slated for May 15- Upgrade to Bring Improvements for Users and Merchants
5.5.2021
On May 15, 2021, the Bitcoin Cash network will undergo the process of an upgrade that will bring a handful of improvements. These updates include the removal of the unconfirmed transaction limit, enabling multiple OP_RETURNS, the implementation of double-spend proofs, and the inclusion of a...
Almost half of Bitcoin hash rate signaling for Taproot activation
4.5.2021
Major Bitcoin miners have begun signaling for Taproot activation that will improve scalability and privacy for the largest crypto by market capitalization
Bitcoin Miners Start Signaling for Taproot Activation, People Prep for BTC’s Largest Update in 4 Years
3.5.2021
Bitcoin miners have started to signal for Taproot activation and crypto supporters are looking forward to the largest bitcoin update in almost four years. The mining operation Slush Pool mined the first block signaling for Taproot and since then the pools Foundry and F2pool have joined in...
2021’s Largest Epoch Drop: Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Dips Over 12%, Hashrate Nears 200 Exahash
2.5.2021
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has seen a massive drop this week, as the metric slid 12.6% and was the largest difficulty drop in 2021. The mining difficulty decline follows the recent electrical outages in China which had affected the network’s hashrate to some degree. Following...
Ethereum price all-time high follows reduced gas costs and DeFi revival
27.4.2021
Analysts expect Ethereum price to rally to new all-time highs after the Berlin upgrade results in a drip in gas fees and a surge in DeFi activity
A London tour guide: What the EIP-1559 hard fork promises for Ethereum
19.4.2021
Contrary to popular belief, EIP-1559 does not seek to reduce Ether’s congestion and gas fee issues — so, what is it for?
What the forks? Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic see triple-digit rallies
16.4.2021
Following Dogecoin’s lead, Ethereum Classic rallied to a new all-time high and Bitcoin Cash price doubled as altcoin forks start to gain traction
Ethereum Goes Live with Berlin Hard Fork
16.4.2021
Taking pride as one of the leading blockchain channels and the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum has successfully launched the highly-anticipated Berlin hard fork at block 12,244,000 on Thursday as its latest network upgrade event. The development involves four Ethereum Improvement Proposals...
Ether price flirts with $2,400 ATH as irreversible hard fork looms
14.4.2021
New all-time highs are being witnessed all over the cryptocurrency market, and Ether is no exception
Ether hits new all-time high above $2,200 hours ahead of Berlin hard fork
13.4.2021
The pending hard fork will take the first steps in addressing Ether's high transaction fees
Bitcoin Cash From Hard Fork Is Taxable Income - IRS
12.4.2021
Bitcoin cash (BCH), received after the Bitcoin (BTC) hard fork in 2017, constitutes taxable gross income, according to a memorandum released by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The IRS claims the document, dated March 22, cannot be cited as precedent, and it was drafted in response to...
Bitcoin Cash hits new lows vs. Bitcoin after Tesla snubs 'fork products'
25.3.2021
The car maker subsequently deletes a warning not to send Bitcoin Cash or Bitcoin SV as payment for orders, but for BCH/BTC, the damage was done
Ethereum Core Developers Eye Mid-April for ‘Berlin’ Hard Fork
19.2.2021
The hard fork will facilitate live swapping Ethereum from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake blockchain
Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized
17.2.2021
The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?
Ethereum 2.0 to Introduce First Hard Fork Update
16.2.2021
Ethereum, a global leader in providing decentralized smart contracts with its native token of the same name, will soon introduce a new HF1 upgrade. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, announced on 15 February that it is the first hard fork update. According to his blog, the upgrade aims...