The average block time on the Ethereum blockchain decreased by nearly 25% after mining difficulty was lowered.
Hard Fork News
The definition of a hard fork is not easy, so we’ll better start with an example from the latest hard fork news. A well-known example of a hard fork was the appearance of Bitcoin Cash as an alternative to Bitcoin Classic with improved transaction speed and smaller fees. This schism led to the presence of 2 completely different currencies. The key point of this occasion is those changes are permanent, and that is what differs hard fork from any other changes in the system.
So, a hard fork is a radical change in the Blockchain that makes all the previous blocks or transactions invalid (or vice-versa). Events like this make all users upgrade their software to the latest version, because previous versions become unusable in the newest one. This event creates a split or a fork: one path follows the new version and one path follows the old one.
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by Jack Martin
Ethereum implements Muir Glacier hard fork to delay difficulty bomb, but nethermind client thus far fails to sync.
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by Helen Partz
Binance will suspend Ether deposits and withdrawals to support the Ethereum network Muir Glacier upgrade that is expected to be executed on Jan. 1, 2020.
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by Joeri Cant
ETC Labs works to ensure full compatibility between ETC and ETH as the upcoming Agharta hard fork is supposed to create backward compatibility between the two.
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Blockchain platform Nuls has lost almost $480,000 worth of NULS tokens due to a hack, according to an official security update.
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Fresh correspondence from BitGo warns that Bitcoin SV’s February hard fork will make its wallets unable to receive any transactions.
- Analysis
by Julia Magas
Being an integral part of the Ethereum’s blockchain transition to PoS, the difficulty bomb may pose a threat to miners and projects.
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China’s tech workgroup has released its fifteenth blockchain rankings report, with Ethereum being promoted to second place after its recent hard fork.
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As Ethereum successfully performs Istanbul hard fork, several crypto exchanges announced support for the network update.
- Hodler’s Digest
by Thomas Simms
Ethereum completes the Istanbul hard fork, analysts warn “the halvening” will be a non-event, and research suggests crypto will replace fiat by 2030.
- Opinion
Ethereum was supposed to bring us the “world computer,” but even 3,000 transactions per second is woefully inadequate.
- News
by Kollen Post
Countdown to Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork continues, with only 1,000 blocks remaining before the network overhaul.
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by Joeri Cant
Ethereum developers propose a hard fork named Muir Glacier intended to address the impending Ice Age on the Ethereum mainnet.
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by Helen Partz
The new $200 million Bitcoin Cash Ecosystem Fund will focus on payment solutions and non-custodial financial services for Bitcoin Cash.
- Analysis
The next Ethereum hard fork is coming soon — here’s how the improvements it brings fit into the big picture of network’s evolution.
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