OCEAN Pledges BTC Refunds After Chain-Split Error
Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN revealed that a configuration issue caused some miners to unknowingly mine on the stalled BIP-110 chain for roughly 18 hours. The pool said it will distribute…
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Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN revealed that a configuration issue caused some miners to unknowingly mine on the stalled BIP-110 chain for roughly 18 hours. The pool said it will distribute…
BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoin’s enormous difficulty effectively brought activity…
Bitcoin developer Chris Guida has dusted off code that could swap the mining algorithm on a breakaway BIP-110 chain if supporters fail to overcome miners’ resistance. With the activation height…
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at approximately 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 without any reported downtime. The upgrade is an…
Zcash developers are sealing off a shielded pool that carried a critical bug, and a new node built for speed is already backing the fix. The Ironwood hard fork, known…
Bitcoin has two forks on the calendar for 2026. Developer Paul Sztorc plans a deliberate hard fork called eCash, activating at block height 964,000, expected around August 21. Separately, a…
Bitcoin is heading toward two separate fork events in August 2026, and knowing the difference between them is the first step to understanding what’s actually at stake. One is a…
Zano has set block 3,833,000 as the on-chain activation height for Hard Fork 6, expected to go live between Aug. 25 and 27, 2026, giving network participants a concrete deadline…
Bitcoin is approaching a compressed August 2026 window in which BIP-110’s mandatory signaling mechanics are scheduled to arrive shortly before Paul Sztorc’s planned eCash hard fork target, placing two separate…
Bitcoin is scheduled to fork in August 2026, and for the first time, the entities holding a great deal of coins are not retail traders but exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsors,…