Hard Fork

Ethereum

Ethereum’s Gavin Wood Is Calling for More ‘Conservative’ Hard Forks

One of the founders of ethereum is calling for the network to learn its lesson from Monday's fork, arguing better upgrade processes are needed.

Tech  ·  16 October 2017
Ethereum

Hours to Go: How to Watch Ethereum’s Fork as It Happens

Hard forks have become a kind of spectator sport in the cryptocurrency community. Here's how to watch the latest: ethereum's Byzantium upgrade.

Tech  ·  15 October 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum Client Update Sets Byzantium Hard Fork Date

The Geth implementation of ethereum has new code that enshrines an upgrade hard fork for later this month.

Tech  ·  4 October 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Byzantium Hard Fork Postponed For Further Testing

The planned roll-out date for ethereum's "Byzantium" network upgrade is being postponed to October 17.

Tech  ·  22 September 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum’s ‘Metropolis’ Upgrade Could Still Be Months Away

Ethereum's 'Metropolis' upgrade is still being developed, though the project's core developers have set a testing schedule for the fall.

Tech  ·  25 August 2017
Bitcoin

Block 494,784: Segwit2x Developers Set Date for Bitcoin Hard Fork

The developer team behind the Segwit2x scaling proposal is set to announce a formal date for a planned bitcoin hard fork today.

Tech  ·  16 August 2017
Bitcoin

Why a Bitcoin Fork Is Not a ‘Stock Split’

Comparing a blockchain fork to a stock split? It might seem like a nice idea, but the comparison falls apart on closer inspection.

Markets  ·  2 August 2017
Bitcoin

Between a Rock and a Hard Fork: Jeff Garzik’s Plan to Avoid a Bitcoin Split

Perhaps no coder is more at the center of bitcoin's raging scaling debate than Jeff Garzik – here he talks about the network's future.

Tech  ·  22 July 2017
Bitcoin

Game of Bluffs? With UAHF, Bitcoin Scaling Becomes Digital ‘Missile Crisis’

In yet another turn to bitcoin's scaling debate, mining firm Bitmain says it would split the network should an upgrade known as 'BIP 148' activate.

Tech  ·  15 June 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Difficulty Bomb: All Smoke, No Fire?

Members of the ethereum community mostly seem unconcerned about an upcoming technical change, despite risks inherent in the update.

Tech  ·  8 April 2017
Bitcoin

A Short Guide to Bitcoin Forks

Don't know a hard fork from a soft fork? This guide is designed to help you follow bitcoin's raging technical debates.

Tech  ·  27 March 2017
Bitcoin

Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates

As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.

Tech  ·  22 March 2017
Exchanges

Circle Urges User Caution As Bitcoin Hard Fork Looms

Circle has suggested in an email to users that, in order to avoid the consequences of a potential hard fork, they may want to to sell their bitcoin.

Tech  ·  21 March 2017
Exchanges

Bitcoin Exchanges Unveil Hard Fork Contingency Plan

A group of bitcoin exchanges are planning to list Bitcoin Unlimited as a separate currency in the event of a network split.

Tech  ·  17 March 2017
Ethereum

How Developers Are Responding to Ethereum’s Unexpected Fork

An unintentional split of the network was the latest event to shake ethereum.

Markets  ·  1 December 2016