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Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork
The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork.
Blockchain Project Qtum Moves to Boost Network Participation With Offline Staking
Blockchain application platform The hybrid blockchain will soon undergo a fork enabling network participants to stake and earn rewards from tokens held in offline wallets.
Appeals Court Backs Coinbase in Bitcoin Gold Fork ‘Breach of Contract’ Lawsuit
A California appeals court has backed a prior judgement that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn’t obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017.
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.
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
OpenEthereum Supported 50% of Ethereum Classic. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bitcoin SV Sees Minor Split as Blockchain Shifts to ‘Genesis’ Upgrade
The upgrade saw a minor split as an unknown entity mined a block on the old chain, team says.
Ethereum Classic Successfully Completes ‘Agharta’ Hard Fork
Similar to the network’s last backwards-incompatible upgrade in September, Atlantis, Agharta makes ethereum classic more interoperable with sister-chain ethereum.
Muir Glacier: Ethereum Hard Forks for Second Time in One Month
With the mining of block 9,200,000, ethereum’s Muir Glacier upgrade has been implemented. The block was mined today at 8:30 UTC.
BitGo Warns Users to Withdraw Bitcoin SV Over Hard Fork Threat to Wallets
A major code update for the cryptocurrency bitcoin SV will render some features of BitGo’s wallets useless, the crypto custodian says.
Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork Is Now Live
Hitting at block number 9,069,000, the systemwide upgrade is the network’s third in 2019.
Ethereum’s Istanbul Upgrade Will Break 680 Smart Contracts on Aragon
For governance platform Aragon, ethereum’s system-wide upgrade on Wednesday is expected to break hundreds of smart contracts. Here’s why.
Steemit to Automate Development Funding With New DAO
The blockchain project that focuses on monetizing social media sites is launching a DAO in its coming hard fork upgrade.
Privacy Coin Zcash Will Soon Undergo Its First ‘Friendly’ Fork – Meet Ycash
A new privacy coin, Ycash, will be created in a matter of hours. Here’s everything you need to know about the spin-off.