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Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell
2.9.2020
On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and a week later explained it was also initiating a “governance council.” Despite the recent announcements, Bitcoin ABC has lost...
Binance Chain Runners Should Be Aware of Mainnet Hard Fork Upgrades
23.8.2020
Some new upgrades to keep in mind
‘We Are the Cool New Startup’ Says Bitcoin Cash Node
21.8.2020
With Bitcoin Cash appearing destined for another chain split this November, Bitcoin Cash Node believes it’s ready to spearhead the project
Appeals Court Backs Coinbase in Bitcoin Gold Fork ‘Breach of Contract’ Lawsuit
12.8.2020
A California appeals court has backed a prior judgement that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn't obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017
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