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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 carry out a planned fork of the blockchain this month. Styled as a rebellion of sorts, b

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 a major upgrade to the network by itself, but it also e

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 bitcoin blockchain earlier this week, blocks were crawling in, with the fir

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, was created when a group of miners "forked" from the main bitcoin blockchain

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, six hours later Viabtc mined the first Bitcoin Cash block ( nr 478559 ) at 6:14 pm GMT

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 holders. The bitcoin price declined in response to the

A controversial bitcoin spinoff called Bitcoin Cash has officially broken off from the main network, forging ahead with its own blockchain. Nodes running Bitcoin Cash diverged from the network earlier this morning, but hit a quick roadblock

Bitcoin is headed toward a fork tomorrow. Whether that happens for sure remains to be seen, but if it does, and you hold bitcoin, there are a few things you will want to keep in mind. First, starting August 1 at about 12:20 UTC, mining pool

We are now less than 24 hours away from the start of the latest Bitcoin Civil War. On August 1, shortly after 12:20 pm UTC, segwit opponents will launch a user-activated hard fork (UAHF) to create Bitcoin Cash. The creators of Bitcoin Cash

Roger Ver, a self-described bitcoin evangelist and a supporter of Bitcoin Unlimited (BU), has said a coin split would be good as he announces support for Bitcoin Cash (BCC). In the New York Times , he’s reported as saying: I actually think

Much of the bitcoin community is resistant to the idea of centralized control. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that some have developed a similar opposition to bitcoin scaling proposals that appear to have centralized leadership. And, so

Digital currency exchange platform GDAX has revealed its contingency plans in the event a controversial bitcoin scaling proposal is activated. As reported earlier today by CoinDesk, BIP 148, which triggers a so-called user-activated soft fo