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Stellar Lumens doubles in price following upgrade
25.11.2020
The launch of Stellar’s new protocol was received positively by the crypto market, coinciding in a 100% price rise for XLM across the last 48 hours
Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Threshold Met: Proof-of-Stake ‘Beacon’ Chain Starts in 7 Days
24.11.2020
The Ethereum network’s ETH 2.0 contract has crossed the threshold needed to initiate the upcoming upgrade. Currently, there’s more 694,368 ether worth over $422 million resting in the contract, as developers hope the proof-of-stake launch will begin on December 1. At the end of...
Slow and Empty Blocks With a Mysterious Message – ABC’s New Chain Off to a Rocky Start
22.11.2020
On November 15, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain experienced a network upgrade and a bifurcation of the chain as well. While the Bitcoin Cash network continued on smoothly, the ABC pro infrastructure funding plan (IFP) side of the chain had a rocky and extremely slow start. Since the 15th,...
Blog Author Tipped $10,000 for Well Phrased Peer-to-Peer Cash Conviction
21.11.2020
Following the Bitcoin Cash upgrade, the BCH proponent known as Mobtwo published a post on the read.cash blogging website called “Bitcoin Cash – Simple Fundamentals.” The editorial’s author says he wholeheartedly believes that BCH will one day overtake BTC in the long run....
Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
19.11.2020
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Latest Billionaire Bull, Zcash’s Upgrade, Grayscale’s $10B Breakthrough
18.11.2020
A metric that has predicted previous bitcoin market tops indicates this rally has just begun
Zcash celebrates first halving with implementation of ‘Canopy’ upgrade
18.11.2020
The upgrade establishes a development fund for the next four years and removes the controversial “Founders Reward.”
Zcash Undergoes First Halving as Major Upgrade Drops ‘Founders Fund’
18.11.2020
Alongside the halving, Zcash has rolled out its Canopy upgrade that replaces the Founder's Fund with built-in funding for development
Hash Watch: The Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Cash Fork Is Now Complete
15.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash community has been patiently waiting for weeks for the November 15, 2020 upgrade and the day is finally here. Every six months the Bitcoin Cash network upgrades, but this time around, a conflict sparked over Bitcoin ABC’s Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP). During the course...
Tezos upgrade reduces smart contract fees by 75% to attract DeFi
13.11.2020
Tezos is seeking to attract DeFi developers, implementing a protocol upgrade that reduces smart contract gas fees by roughly 75%
Kucoin Recovers 84% of Funds Stolen in $280 Million Hack
11.11.2020
Kucoin chief executive officer Johnny Lyu revealed Wednesday that the exchange recovered 84%, or $235 million, of the $280 million stolen in one of crypto industry’s biggest hacks in September. In a tweet, Lyu said the affected funds have been recovered “via approaches like on-chain...
Hash Watch: Kraken Announces BCH Fork Plans, Bitcoin ABC Reveals Two-Pronged Effort
8.11.2020
A number of third party infrastructure providers have announced contingency plans for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash upgrade on November 15, 2020. Hitbtc has revealed the exchange’s plans to halt bitcoin cash transactions on that day, and it plans to credit all users with an additional token if...
Hash Watch: Bitcoin Cash Services Reveal Contingency Plans for Upcoming Fork
5.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is set to upgrade on Sunday, November 15 and it’s still expected that the network will bifurcate. So far, a number of crypto services have revealed contingency plans for the fork, and today’s data shows that 754 out of 1,000 bitcoin cash blocks were mined...
Bitfury forms MaaS partnership to upgrade $35M Norway data center
4.11.2020
The crypto mining firm's 42-megawatt data center near Mo i Rana is reportedly already powered by 100% renewable energy
Hash Watch: 73% of Bitcoin Cash Blocks Mined With BCHN, Poloniex Launches Fork Futures
26.10.2020
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade is 21 days away and there’s a possibility the blockchain may bifurcate on November 15. On Sunday, October 25, statistics show that 731 out of the last 1,000 blocks have been mined using the BCHN full node software. Bitcoin Cash proponents are patiently waiting...
Filecoin Network Upgrade Goes Live, Miners Claim 25% Block Rewards
23.10.2020
The mandatory upgrade is the first post-launch upgrade to the Filecoin network
Lightning network vulnerability discovered, upgrade immediately
9.10.2020
The lightning vulnerability was made public on Oct 9
Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP
9.10.2020
An undisclosed vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below was revealed Thursday with developers urging node operators to update to the newest version
Dash adjusts block reward percentage to improve the economics of its network
1.10.2020
This and other changes come as part of the protocol’s recent mainnet upgrade
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
18.9.2020
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms