It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that's no longer the case.
Cryptocurrency forks may slow down in the future, as argued by leaders of several crypto hard fork projects at the CoinDesk Consensus Singapore event.
Ethereum developers have confirmed an upcoming upgrade will activate on Ropsten around October 9.
Constantinople, ethereum's next system-wide upgrade, is coming soon to a node near you. Here's what it means.
Bitcoin cash devs are fighting over what code changes to make next. If no one compromises, hard-forked coin could itself split into two.
Privacy coin zcash is gearing up for its upcoming "Sapling" hard fork with the first release of compatible network software.
EOS' launch has been fraught with controversy. Some users are fed up, and they're forking the protocol to give the network a better shot.
Zcash has successfully activated its Overwinter hard fork, setting the privacy-focused cryptocurrency up for its major Sapling upgrade in the autumn.
With its community aligned, Zcash's first hard fork, Overwinter, might not be exciting. But as always, you never really rule out a blockchain split.
After spending his time developing zcash's most popular wallet software, the developer threatened a hard fork in an effort to secure more funds.
The upcoming ethereum classic fork will disable a 'difficulty bomb,' committing the network to a proof-of-work consensus algorithm.
Bitcoin cash recently hard forked and a little less than 20 percent of nodes didn't upgrade. The industry argues over whether that matters or not.
Developer Preethi Kasireddy believes what the ethereum community decides to do in terms of fund recovery will be the network's "defining moment."
Bitcoin cash's most ambitious hard fork upgrade is coming in May, backed by the promise of taking its "on-chain scaling" philosophy to new heights.
Parity Technologies has said it has no plans to move forward with a code change that would result in an ethereum blockchain split.