New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate Control
Thirty different blockchain companies and nonprofit organizations plan to fork the Facebook-led Libra crypto project to build their own…
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Ethereum Devs Propose Activation Point for Next Hard Fork
Members of ethereum’s open-source development team have reached agreement on an activation time for Constantinople, a proposed code change designed…
Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Battle: Who Is Winning the Hash War | Crypto
The latest Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network update has resulted in a complex battle, and the blockchain has been split into two: BCH ABC is in one corner,…
Faster, Lighter and More Secure: Zcash Completes ‘Sapling’ Hard Fork | Crypto
Photo: Zcash Company / TwitterIt is not a secret that in order to correspond to constantly growing demands of the industry, crypto technologies…
Privacy Crypto Zcash Goes Live With ‘Sapling’ Network Hard Fork | Crypto
The privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash has officially implemented its network hard fork, known as Sapling. Activated on schedule at block 419,200,…
Sia Network Releases Hard Fork Code to Block Crypto Mining Giants | Crypto
The sia blockchain network has released the formal code for an imminent hard fork that will block miners using hardware produced by Bitmain and other…
Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard Fork Is Being Delayed Until 2019 | Crypto
Ethereum upgrade Constantinople will be postponed until early 2019, developers confirmed in a meeting Friday. Initially targeted to activate in…
Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard Fork Faces ‘Consensus Issue’ in Testing | Crypto
An alleged “consensus issue” in the testing of a planned hard fork of Ethereum, called Constantinople, has caused a testnet to be “not usable,”…
Bitcoin’s Block Size Can Be Increased Without Hard Fork, Says Blockstream Co-Founder | Crypto
Bitcoin (BTC) protocol developer Mark Friedenbach introduced a method for Bitcoin scaling he claims will not require a hard fork at a workshop in…
Bitcoin ‘Breakthrough’ Claims Block Size Increase Possible Without Hard Fork | Crypto
Some dub it a “breakthrough,” others call it a “network attack.” Those were the prevailing opinions leading up to Mark Friedenbach’s much-anticipated…