Tag: hardfork
First Cash, Now Gold? Another Bitcoin Hard Fork Is on the Way
Bitcoin, bitcoin cash, bitcoin gold?
There could be as many as four cryptocurrencies bearing the bitcoin name if a small group of miners and developers...
$8,000 Bitcoin is Possible if it Follows Litecoin’s Post-SegWit Example
Bitcoin’s miners recently locked-in the Segregated Witness (SegWit) upgrade, and it will be automatically activated at the next difficulty adjustment in about a week. SegWit represents...
Bitcoin Cash Block Production Accelerates as Mining Difficulty Adjusts
After a slow start, blocks on the newly launched bitcoin cash blockchain are now being mined more frequently.
When the cryptocurrency originally split from the main...
What Happened to Bitcoin Today: A Recap of the Blockchain’s Big Split
It wasn't the first attempt to fork the bitcoin blockchain, but it was certainly the most memorable.
As reported earlier today, Bitcoin Cash, a new cryptocurrency,...
Fork Watch: First Bitcoin Cash Block Mined Included Over 6K Transactions
As Bitcoin.com reported earlier today, Bitcoin Cash miners initiated the beginning of the fork on August 1 at 12:37 p.m. UTC at block height 478558. Now,...
Ethereum Price Surges Past $200 as Bitcoin Judgment Day Arrives
Bitcoin’s judgment day has arrived. Shortly after 12:20 p.m. UTC, Bitcoin Cash forked from the Bitcoin blockchain, effectively creating a new cryptocurrency and airdropping coins to BTC...