Is Bitcoin ABC Really Winning the Bitcoin Cash “Hash War”?

A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are currently focused on the Bitcoin Cash hard fork. That is only normal, even though its impact on the entire crypto industry remains to be determined. As far as the hashrate is concerned, a somewhat uncertain picture is being created. Both chains seem neck-in-neck, although there are a few things … Read more

Bitcoin Unlimited vs Bitcoin ABC vs Bitcoin SV – Node & Economic Support

There are still a lot of unknown factors associated with the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork. While miners clearly favor Bitcoin SV at this time, things may look a bit different where everything else is concerned. More specifically, without sufficient network nodes and economic support Bitcoin SV will not necessarily go anywhere anytime soon. Network … Read more

Crypto Price Watch: Bitcoin (BTC) Plummets to Annual Low While Other Top Altcoins Also Face Market Heat

The past 24 hours have been rollercoaster of sorts for the crypto market, with the price of the world’s premier digital currency, Bitcoin, dropping by more than 10% late Wednesday afternoon. As a consequence of this, BTC was seen stooping to its 2017 low of $5,312 before gradually recovering (a little) and settling around the … Read more

New Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Sees 700,000 Transactions in One Day

On Thursday, Nov. 1, a group of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents who call themselves the Professional Stress Test Team, performed a network stress test on the BCH chain. During the course of the day, the BCH network saw over 733,000 transactions and a 14MB block that cleared 73,000 transactions in one fell swoop. Also read: Anypay … Read more

Ledger Wallet Plans to Pause Bitcoin Cash Services on November 15

Ledger, the popular hardware wallet manufacturer based out of France, has recently revealed the company’s contingency plans for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork scheduled for Nov. 15. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Ledger explained to its customer base that the organization will be pausing bitcoin cash services on Nov. 15 and the company plans … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Organizations Start Preparing for the November Hard Fork

As the days draw closer to the scheduled Bitcoin Cash upgrade, affiliated organizations are preparing for the hard fork. Data websites like Coin Dance have added statistics for feature support, upgrade voting, and public opinion. Meanwhile, the Nchain-backed SV-Pool has officially announced that its pool is now open to public miners. Also Read: Samsung Begins 7nm … Read more

Bitcoin Unlimited Adds ABC Client Upgrade Features for November’s Hard Fork

The Bitcoin Unlimited development team have published the full node clients’ Bitcoin Cash edition version 1.5.0, which includes an implementation of all the November 15 upgrade features from Bitcoin ABC. According to the development team, support for the Bitcoin SV team’s ruleset is “pending” and Bitcoin Unlimited’s lead programmer, Andrew Stone, has explained he would … Read more

SV Pool Mines Its First Block as November’s Bitcoin Cash Fork Approaches

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the mining operation SV Pool mined its first Bitcoin Cash block. The pool operators led by the blockchain firms Nchain and Coingeek say that hundreds of miners from all around the world have signed up to mine with the pool.      Also Read: Zigzag Platform Provides Bitcoin Cash Swaps Over the Lightning … Read more