OCEAN Pledges BTC Refunds After Chain-Split Error
Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN revealed that a configuration issue caused some miners to unknowingly mine on the stalled BIP-110 chain for roughly 18 hours. The pool said it will distribute…
BIP-110 Supporters Prepare PoW Switch If Miners Refuse Soft Fork Plan
Bitcoin developer Chris Guida has dusted off code that could swap the mining algorithm on a breakaway BIP-110 chain if supporters fail to overcome miners’ resistance. With the activation height…
Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite…
Zano Hard Fork 6 Targets Block 3,833,000 and a Broader Exchange Footprint
Zano has set block 3,833,000 as the on-chain activation height for Hard Fork 6, expected to go live between Aug. 25 and 27, 2026, giving network participants a concrete deadline…
Drivechain Architect Paul Sztorc Unveils August Bitcoin Hard Fork With 1:1 BTC Coin Split
Bitcoin developer and Drivechain architect Paul Sztorc announced a new Bitcoin hard fork called eCash, set to launch this August, giving every BTC holder an equal number of eCash coins…
Zano Blockchain’s Hard Fork Facilitates Privacy Coin Creation, Introduces Confidential Assets
The Zano blockchain’s recently completed Zarcanum hard fork (HF4) will enable users and organizations to create custom tokenized assets that meet their specific needs. These custom tokenized assets or confidential…
Polygon Leaps Towards Future With Successful Napoli Hard Fork
Polygon’s Napoli hard fork, incorporating the RIP-7212 upgrade, marks a significant advancement in interoperability with mainstream tech by introducing support for the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm commonly used across…
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Temporary Transaction Finality Glitch Disrupts Ethereum Network for 25 Minutes, Developers Investigate the Cause
Ethereum had issues processing transactions on May 11, 2023, at around 4:13 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, and transaction finality issues lasted for roughly 25 minutes. Currently, developers do not…
A Bitcoiner’s Guide To Proof-Of-Stake
A technical and in-depth analysis of the trade-offs that Ethereum’s consensus mechanism makes in its switch to proof-of-stake and how proof-of-work differs. This is an opinion editorial by Scott Sullivan.…
Softchains Bring Two-Way Pegs And Potential Room For Use Cases — But Not Without Security Costs
Softchains are a sidechain implementation that interact on a deeper level with consensus mechanisms, which can bring benefits and risks. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator…