Not exact matches
Ripple
led the retreat — which was far
from comprehensive — but several other major
altcoins posted significant pullbacks as well.
This was allegedly due to technical issues or other stated reasons, but, as Viacoin
lead developer Romano noted, «It seems more likely they want to refrain
from activating Segregated Witness on
altcoins because that would give them even less reason to hold off activation on Bitcoin.»
Leading cryptocurrency
altcoin exchange Poloniex has communicated their plans for managing any resulting Bitcoin network disruption
from the number of proposals for technical changes to Bitcoin that may take effect in the coming weeks.
Leading altcoins, with the exception of Bitcoin Cash, recovered faster than bitcoin
from the recent correction.
Jaxx is the world's
leading multi-asset digital wallet that stores both Bitcoins and
altcoins, and also exchange between different currencies
from within the wallet (via the ShapeShift exchange).
Usually, disagreement over a proposed update to Bitcoin
leads to one group splintering off
from the original blockchain to become a less - loved
altcoin.
Bitsquare, an open source project
led by the Austrian - born Manfred Karrer, allows anyone to trade Bitcoin for fiat currency as well as
altcoins, without requiring a company, central intermediary or permission
from anyone.
A new
altcoin that will emerge
from a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain, Bitcoin Gold is
led by Jack Liao of Hong Kong - based mining firm LightningASIC with the aim of improving the protocol.
Among the best performing
altcoins boasting a high market capitalization have been Litecoin and Ethereum Classic — both of which appear to have benefited
from FOMO
leading up to their respective forks, gaining over 100 % since early February.