Hard Forks

Ethereum’s Hotly Anticipated ‘London’ Hard Fork Is Now Live

Here's what it means and what we're keeping an eye on.

Tech  ·  5 August 2021

Ethereum Devs Grapple With Worst-Case Scenarios

Is Ethereum ready for the “London” hard fork?

Tech  ·  28 July 2021
Ethereum

Crypto Long & Short: Why Ethereum’s ‘London’ Upgrade Matters

Plus: The risks and rewards of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559.

Markets  ·  25 July 2021
Hard Forks

Hard Forks Are Fan Fiction

If the Bitcoin network is a collectively told story, as the philosopher Craig Warmke argued, wouldn't hard forks be fan fiction?

Opinion  ·  16 July 2021
Hard Forks

Ethereum Classic Activates Thanos Upgrade, Increasing Access for GPU Miners

The Thanos upgrade is aimed to allow more miner participation and thus increase security.

Tech  ·  30 November 2020
CoinFlash

Blockchain Project Qtum Moves to Boost Network Participation With Offline Staking

The hybrid blockchain will soon undergo a fork enabling network participants to stake and earn rewards from tokens held in offline wallets.

News  ·  25 August 2020
CoinFlash

Appeals Court Backs Coinbase in Bitcoin Gold Fork ‘Breach of Contract’ Lawsuit

A California appeals court has backed a prior judgment that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn't obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017.

News  ·  12 August 2020
Bugs

Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork

The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix.

Tech  ·  7 August 2020
CoinFlash

Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork

It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network.

Tech  ·  30 July 2020
Hard Forks

OpenEthereum Supported 50% of Ethereum Classic Nodes. Now It’s Leaving the Project

Two of Ethereum Classic’s largest clients are walking away from the project. That leaves only 30% of the network to support future updates.

Tech  ·  20 July 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns

79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up.

Tech  ·  30 June 2020
Ethereum

Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s Second Major Departure From Ethereum

Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Hard Forks

Steem Witnesses Freeze $3.2M in Latest Tit-for-Tat With Hard Fork Insurgents

Witnesses on Steem have frozen eight accounts, putting a total of 17.6 million steem in limbo. It's the latest drama since March 20's Hive hard fork.

Tech  ·  5 April 2020
Hard Forks

Splinter Cryptocurrency Hive Outperforms Justin Sun’s Steem After One Week Trading

It's been a week since the Hive blockchain broke off from Steem in protest. So far, the market action has been on the side of the dissidents.

Tech  ·  27 March 2020
Hard Forks

Steem Community Plans Hostile Hard Fork to Flee Justin Sun’s Steemit

The blockchain for bloggers, Steem, is moving to Hive.io, CoinDesk has learned. The hostile hard fork is scheduled for Friday.

Tech  ·  17 March 2020