Tag: hard fork

The hard fork will introduce the token locking mechanism, one of its most significant new functions, to the mainnet.

The Thanos upgrade is aimed to allow more miner participation and thus increase security.

Since the hard fork was announced, BCH users have been sending large amounts of BCH through cryptocurrency exchanges.

The Bitcoin Cash hard fork to two separate chains--BCHN and BCHABC--is complete, and the support from miners is split 60% and 37% among the two competing sides. Unlike common voting, the majority does not kill the minority chain. Instead, two versions of the chain continue to exist as long as miners and users transact on the network....

Bitcoin Cash split into two blockchain again, but one of the new chain has received no hashpower so far.

Roger Ver, one of the biggest bitcoin cash advocates, is not a fan of the scheduled fork event of the cryptocurrency's network.

Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods.

Bitcoin Cash holders rushed to exchanges this week, transferring more than $250 million to trading platforms ahead of the...

Ethereum is under fire in response to yesterday's events, as the crypto community claims that developers deliberately and non-transparently triggered a hard fork to resolve a vulnerability. Ethereum Backlash Over Infura Outage Developers behind Ethereum's Geth client note that there has been...

A hard fork that split Ethereum’s chain in two was activated on purpose, calling into question Ethereum’s client coordination.

Earlier today, a change to the underlying Ethereum code made by developers some time ago resulted in an unannounced hard fork, effectively splitting the Ethereum blockchain and creating a new version that is valid for upgraded nodes but seen as invalid by ones that did not upgrade. Obviously, this was a major issue for Ethereum users, but it also offered some lessons in...

Various cryptocurrency exchanges have detailed their plans to handle an upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork, which could split the cryptocurrency into two separate coins next week. Exchanges Will Support Both Coins At least five exchanges have announced that they will support both Bitcoin Cash tokens if a split...

Crypto tax laws are still in the making and most of the countries don't have standards in place yet. However, in Singapore, the situation is different. There, The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore's (IRAS) regulates the crypto tax. And on April 17, the IRAS published a new e-tax guide called “Income Tax Treatment of Digital Tokens.” According […] The post...