Hard forks are a pretty common occurrence in the cryptocurrency industry. More often than not, it is the only viable and secure way of introducing core changes to a protocol or introduce specific features. Vitalik Buterin recently conducted a Twitter poll to determine if users would approve of another DAO-style […]
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3 Major Changes for Beam Scheduled as Part of the Hard Fork
Given the vast number of different cryptocurrency projects on the market, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep tabs on everything. For fans of the Beam project, there is an important hard fork coming up in a few weeks from today. Some big changes will be introduced accordingly, albeit it remains […]
BCHABC Price Loses Ground as Client Update Triggers Backlash
As the Bitcoin Cash struggle for control rages on, a lot of eyes are on the individual prices of BCHSV and BCHABC. Depending on which exchange one uses, BCHABC may even be labeled as BCH these days, which makes things even more confusing. One notable trend is how the BCHABC […]
Bitcoin SV Price Briefly Surpasses BCHABC as Pump Intensifies
As the Bitcoin Cash fork draw near, there is a renewed interest in trading the pre-fork coins on the exchanges which support it. At this time, it seems there is a genuine interest in Bitcoin SV, whereas Bitcoin ABC is quickly losing ground. This seems to further confirm Bitcoin SV […]
Bitcoin Cash Price Remains Stable as Pre-fork Trading Volatility Increases
Today and tomorrow will be two incredibly important dates for Bitcoin Cash. The upcoming hard fork is a very controversial development which can have all kinds of side effects. So far, the Bitcoin Cash price is holding its own despite all of the controversy. Finding stability near $520 would be […]
XLM Price Surges Despite Hard Fork Scam Concerns
In the world of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, things are looking a bit bleak once again. Weekends are hardly known for positive trading momentum, and this time around is not all that different. The Stellar price is on the rise a bit, although the value may struggle a bit to reach […]
Bitcoin Cash Price Remains Under Pressure Despite Pre-Forked Coins Trading at Lower Values
There has been a lot of talk regarding the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork. Although there is a lot of support for the second chain across exchanges, it seems the BCH price is not going through a positive spell right now. In fact, its losses are slowly piling up as […]
Upcoming Bitcoin Cash / Bitcoin SV Hard Fork: The Situation So Far
There is a lot of excitement surrounding Bitcoin Cash at this time. There is a good reason for that, as the network sis et to undergo a hard fork. Similar to other altcoins, there will effectively be an attempt to split the network into multiple chains, as numerous forks may […]
Bitcoin Cash Price Surpasses $575 For the First Time Since September
This past week, there has been a lot of attention on Bitcoin Cash. The alternative version of Bitcoin is getting plenty of attention due to its price rise and upcoming hard fork. It appears the upward momentum is still ongoing, although users keeping an eye on the fork will need […]
3 Major Changes Coming to Monero in the Next Hard Fork
It seems the Monero project is undergoing a lot of upgrades and hard forks in rather quick succession. Though a fork was already introduced not that long ago, the next upgrade already looms on the horizon. This is a pretty major milestone for Monero, as it will finally introduce Bulletproofs. […]
Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard Fork Hits the Testnet Next Week
Ethereum is somewhat struggling to maintain its position in the cryptocurrency market rankings. This is primarily because of the success of Ripple’s XRP, and the lack of scaling on Ethereum’s side. That latter aspect will come to change soon, as the Constantinople hard fork will go live on the Ropsten […]
Sustainable EOS Fork Telos Prepares for Network Launch
With a market cap of well over US$4 billion, EOS is a behemoth in the crypto space. It’s many supporters hail the network as the “Ethereum killer”, citing free transactions and massive transaction throughput. Additionally, it boasts the most successful ICO in terms of funds raised to date. Despite these […]
From Thwarting an Attack to New Listings: It’s Been a Busy Month for KICKICO
Hacking attacks are not new in the crypto community. Ever since Mt. Gox infamously lost over 800,000 BTC to hackers in one of the biggest heists ever, many other projects have been targeted. Hackers are evolving with time, and as was witnessed in the recent KICKICO hack, they are becoming […]
The Growing List of Bitcoin Forks Which Never Made It
There has been a growing influx of hard forks and airdrops pertaining to Bitcoin, although Bitcoin is still Bitcoin and remains the world’s leading cryptocurrency. In fact, there are so many different iterations of Bitcoin, it is impossible to keep track of them all. Most people will have never heard […]