The price of Bitcoin Cash, the new born cryptocurrency which came into being
after the hard fork of August 1st, underwent a massive hike in price following market sentiments swinging in favor of Bitcoin Cash speeding up transactions.
Bitcoin News Today and the dominating story is the creation of Bitcoin Cash
after a hard fork of the Bitcoin Blockchain on 1 August 2017.
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The developers
of the DAO, including Stephan Tual, have proposed the implementation
of a «
hard fork» at some point
after the soft
fork has taken effect.
Now just four months
after that «
hard fork,» as such splits are known, yet another version
of the world's most popular digital currency is scheduled to be created.
They will monitor the situation for 24 to 48 hours
after the
hard fork to determine the stability
of the blockchains and determine which is the true Bitcoin.
Users seeking to benefit from the dual currency distribution would be best off by moving their Bitcoin out
of their Poloniex accounts until
after the Segwit2x
hard fork is over.
Many users and investors remain unsatisfied with the decision
of Coinbase to credit user accounts with BCH
after nearly five months since the initial execution
of the BCH
hard fork.
After the cancelled SegWit2x upgrade
of November 2017 and the bitcoin SegWit2x (B2X)
hard fork, there are several proposals for solving bitcoin's increasing transaction times and fees.
A number
of Bitcoin companies and miners have agreed to run code that will implement a
hard -
forking increase to the non-witness data in blocks roughly three months
after the activation
of Segregated Witness (SegWit).
The Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a continuation
of the original Ethereum blockchain, which is a new coin generated by a Ethereum
hard fork after 1,920,000 blocks.
After surging out
of the gate, it would spend the next several months trading aimlessly until a failed activation
of the Segwit2x
hard fork turned its fortunes around.
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Not long
after, developers
of this crypto coin decided to split it to give way to Ethereum's first
hard fork, Ethereum Classic.
Ethereum classic has emerged as one
of the most popular altcoins since its big brother ether executed a
hard fork on the blockchain
after the DAO hack in July 2016.
After the
hard fork in the summer
of 2016 the Ethereum Foundation was expecting Ethereum Classic to become a relatively inactive chain.
Users that owned ETH before the DAO
hard fork (block 1920000 [7]-RRB- own an equal amount
of ETC
after the
fork.
The creation
of Ethereum Classic was announced in mid-July
after the split in the community over the
hard fork and transition to the new blockchain.
This may change the game for cryptocurrency mining in general, if successful, but because it is happening
after the
hard fork, owners and miners
of Ethereum Classic will be left out, with no access to this or any other change.
As it did
after the execution
of the DAO
hard fork, which resulted in the creation
of Ethereum Classic, another major
hard fork could lead to another network split.
It's possible that the
hard fork reality is already being priced in, but the full ramifications
of two different Bitcoins won't be known until
after the
hard fork occurs.
On their own behalf, the Bitcoin Core developers present at the meeting — Cory Fields, Johnson Lau, Luke Dashjr, Matt Corallo, and Peter Todd — agreed to propose a block size
hard fork, with a deadline set three months
after the release
of Segregated Witness.
This pattern is very similar to what we saw before the August 1, 2017
hard fork which led to the creation
of Bitcoin Cash, where altcoins saw significant losses leading up to the hardfork and saw the growth in price
after the
fork.
Under the Segwit2x proposition, a vast gathering
of new companies and miners consented to a 2 MB
hard fork that would happen three months
after Segwit is authorized.
In addition, the statement said that «[Core developers] will continue to work with the entire Bitcoin protocol development community to develop, in public, a safe
hard -
fork based on the improvements in SegWit... as a recommendation to Bitcoin Core within three months
after the release
of SegWit.»
After two years
of disagreements over network scalability issues, a user - initiated
hard fork occurred, creating two versions
of Bitcoin: the existing BTC we all know and love, and the new version called Bitcoin Cash (BCC).
Bitcoin Gold will be the result
of another
Hard Fork of Bitcoin, scheduled to occur on October 25, creating another version
of Bitcoin
after Bitcoin Cash.
According to an anonymous source who was at the meeting, money was discussed, but it was in the context
of protecting the network
after a hypothetical
hard fork had been activated.
After months of futility, BCH caught fire in mid-November after the backers of Segwit2x abandoned their planned hard
After months
of futility, BCH caught fire in mid-November
after the backers of Segwit2x abandoned their planned hard
after the backers
of Segwit2x abandoned their planned
hard fork.
Sentiment quickly shifted earlier this month
after the backers
of the Segwit2x
hard fork abandoned their mission.
Ethereum's DAO
hard fork update landed on GitHub yesterday, allowing users to vote on whether they support the Hard fork that will refund the DAO after the attack that drained around four percent of the total Ethereum (approx. 50 million US dollars worth at the time) in circulation from the smart contr
hard fork update landed on GitHub yesterday, allowing users to vote on whether they support the
Hard fork that will refund the DAO after the attack that drained around four percent of the total Ethereum (approx. 50 million US dollars worth at the time) in circulation from the smart contr
Hard fork that will refund the DAO
after the attack that drained around four percent
of the total Ethereum (approx. 50 million US dollars worth at the time) in circulation from the smart contract.
After surging out
of the gate, it would spend the next several months trading aimlessly until a failed activation
of the Segwit2x
hard fork turned its fortunes around.
Future versions
of bitcoin (should bitcoin remain whole
after the
fork) and a new Segwit2x bitcoin (should the
hard fork create a new coin) are trading on a handful
of exchanges.
The
hard fork was launched
after a community vote that suggested support for the measure, however, it has become highly criticized for perhaps lacking a necessarily broad representation
of ethereum stakeholders.
This change in the block size limit would require a
hard fork, and it is enabled 28 days
after 750
of the last 1,000 blocks have been found by miners who support the increase.
Freewallet, the developer
of the number
of user - friendly crypto - wallets, has announced that they will support Bitcoin Cash if a blockchain split up occurs
after the Bitcoin
hard fork.
If the
hard fork on August 1, 2017 which resulted in the creation
of Bitcoin Cash is any indication, we should expect to see another massive bull run
after the
fork as when 16.5 billion new coins are created out
of thin air and added to circulate which would add around $ 10 billion in total market value.
This announcement comes
after a lot
of talk about Ethereum's future with ASICs, proof
of stake and a
hard fork which would limit the use
of ASICs on the Ethereum Blockchain.
«I think a lot
of people are scared about the repercussions
after the DAO
hard fork.
After months
of discussions, debate and chaos in the bitcoin community, supporters
of the controversial SegWit2X
hard fork have just announced that the split will be suspended and put on hold.
This would have seemed unlikely just six months
after a rocky
hard fork divided investors on the true value
of bitcoin cash.
This
hard fork proposal was scheduled to be presented within three months
after the release
of Segregated Witness — originally set for April.
Ethereum suffered a
hard fork split
after a faction
of owners did not like certain changes that were being instituted in order to prevent a certain type
of hacking that had been occurring.
Since Bitcoin has been through numerous
hard forks in the last couple months and only the Segwit2x
fork remains, we can expect to see the same pattern in price movements emerge where the price
of Bitcoin will keep rising until November 14, 2017 and then the growth will trickle into altcoins
after the
hard fork has taken effect.
Broad consensus suggests the return
of alt markets must wait until
after the
hard fork.
After Corallo's post, Pieter Wuille, a Core developer since 2011 and co-founder
of Blockstream, penned a response in support
of increasing the block size, but wary about using Andresen's proposed method and
hard forks.
With Geth comprising about 75 percent
of all ethereum nodes, the vulnerability could leave nodes running the previous Byzantium - compatible release more susceptible to DoS attacks
after the
hard fork.
After the hacker made off with some $ 1mln worth
of XVG, the Verge team is planning a
hard fork to amend the loses.
After a lot
of twists and turns in the crypto saga, Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe posted a letter denouncing the
hard fork.
July 17th update: As per the implementation
of BTC1, this «2x
hard fork» should actually activate three months
after SegWit activation — not three months
after (BIP91) lock in.
Absent consensus, a segment
of Bitcoin's user base can attempt a
hard fork, presumably hoping the rest
of the user - base will implement the change
after the fact.