Soft Fork News

New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

New initiative designed to help Bitcoin users with the fork advises them to maintain 100% control of their Bitcoin, rather than keeping it in exchanges.

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F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

As the August 1 deadline draws near, f2pool becomes the next company to voice support for scaling.

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Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

JUN 17, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bixin Pool Announces Support for Segwit2x, ‘mature technology’

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Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

JUN 14, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bitmain.com offers guidance in case of UAHF (BIP148) support

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Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

JUN 12, 2017 | Jon Buck

Localbitcoins.com offers limited support for BIP148.

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Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

MAY 22, 2017 | William Suberg

Bitcoin Core contributor Rusty Russell has said he would now fully support a UASF and that scaling delays were “his fault.”

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F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

APR 13, 2017 | Joseph Young

Earlier today, Wang Chun, the owner of F2Pool, the second largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, clarified that he was never against the activation of Bitcoin Core’s Segregated Witness (SegWit) on Litecoin.

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BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

APR 05, 2017 | William Suberg

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair has championed SegWit activation via a user-activated soft fork (UASF) in his latest interview on Let’s Talk Bitcoin!

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Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

MAR 17, 2017 | William Suberg

Vitalik Buterin has joined Vinny Lingham in the hard fork vs. soft fork Bitcoin debate.

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Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

MAR 09, 2017 | William Suberg

Coinbase and Bitfinex have reportedly said that Bitcoin Unlimited would become a “new altcoin” in the event of a Bitcoin soft fork.

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Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

MAR 08, 2017 | Joseph Young

ZCash CEO Zooko Wilcox explains the definition of a future friendly fork and how hard forks could be beneficial in some cases.

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Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

SEP 12, 2016 | Joseph Young

Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik expresses his opposition to soft forks, warns of centralisation.

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Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

JUL 08, 2016 | Iyke Aru

Since the June 17 attack on the DAO, the Ethereum network has suffered a chain of events that led to the fall of Ether.

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Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

JUN 24, 2016 | Evander Smart

It is going to be a wild summer for the price of Bitcoin. The only certainty in the space will be change.

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Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

JUN 19, 2016 | Andrew Quentson

Griff Green, a spokesman for Slock.it, the team which founded the DAO, says in an interview with CoinTelegraph that he is privy to some of the pool operator’s discussions and they “very much back the soft fork.”

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New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

New initiative designed to help Bitcoin users with the fork advises them to maintain 100% control of their Bitcoin, rather than keeping it in exchanges.

 25125   |    7
Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

MAR 08, 2017 | Joseph Young

ZCash CEO Zooko Wilcox explains the definition of a future friendly fork and how hard forks could be beneficial in some cases.

 14664   |    2
Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

MAR 09, 2017 | William Suberg

Coinbase and Bitfinex have reportedly said that Bitcoin Unlimited would become a “new altcoin” in the event of a Bitcoin soft fork.

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Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

MAR 17, 2017 | William Suberg

Vitalik Buterin has joined Vinny Lingham in the hard fork vs. soft fork Bitcoin debate.

 12591   |    3
F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

As the August 1 deadline draws near, f2pool becomes the next company to voice support for scaling.

 10980   |    3
Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

JUN 17, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bixin Pool Announces Support for Segwit2x, ‘mature technology’

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Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

JUN 14, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bitmain.com offers guidance in case of UAHF (BIP148) support

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Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

JUN 12, 2017 | Jon Buck

Localbitcoins.com offers limited support for BIP148.

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Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

MAY 22, 2017 | William Suberg

Bitcoin Core contributor Rusty Russell has said he would now fully support a UASF and that scaling delays were “his fault.”

 7180   |    3
F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

APR 13, 2017 | Joseph Young

Earlier today, Wang Chun, the owner of F2Pool, the second largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, clarified that he was never against the activation of Bitcoin Core’s Segregated Witness (SegWit) on Litecoin.

 5374   |    14
Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

JUN 24, 2016 | Evander Smart

It is going to be a wild summer for the price of Bitcoin. The only certainty in the space will be change.

 3186
Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

JUL 08, 2016 | Iyke Aru

Since the June 17 attack on the DAO, the Ethereum network has suffered a chain of events that led to the fall of Ether.

 2320
BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

APR 05, 2017 | William Suberg

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair has championed SegWit activation via a user-activated soft fork (UASF) in his latest interview on Let’s Talk Bitcoin!

 2175   |    2
Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

JUN 19, 2016 | Andrew Quentson

Griff Green, a spokesman for Slock.it, the team which founded the DAO, says in an interview with CoinTelegraph that he is privy to some of the pool operator’s discussions and they “very much back the soft fork.”

 2143
Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

SEP 12, 2016 | Joseph Young

Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik expresses his opposition to soft forks, warns of centralisation.

 1636   |    3
F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

F2Pool: We Were Never Against SegWit. Wait...

APR 13, 2017 | Joseph Young

Earlier today, Wang Chun, the owner of F2Pool, the second largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, clarified that he was never against the activation of Bitcoin Core’s Segregated Witness (SegWit) on Litecoin.

 5374   |    14
New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

New Initiative Advises Users To Maintain 100 Percent Control of Their Bitcoin

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

New initiative designed to help Bitcoin users with the fork advises them to maintain 100% control of their Bitcoin, rather than keeping it in exchanges.

 25125   |    7
Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

Strongly in Favor of UAHF, Bitmain.com Offers Guidance in Case of its Support

JUN 14, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bitmain.com offers guidance in case of UAHF (BIP148) support

 8684   |    4
Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

Bixin Pool Announces Support for SegWit2x, Calls It Mature Technology

JUN 17, 2017 | Jon Buck

Bixin Pool Announces Support for Segwit2x, ‘mature technology’

 10287   |    3
Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

Reinventing the Fed: Why Jeff Garzik, Vitalik Buterin Are Against Soft Forks

SEP 12, 2016 | Joseph Young

Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik expresses his opposition to soft forks, warns of centralisation.

 1636   |    3
Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

Buterin Defends Hard Forks, Adding Heat to Bitcoin Scaling Debate

MAR 17, 2017 | William Suberg

Vitalik Buterin has joined Vinny Lingham in the hard fork vs. soft fork Bitcoin debate.

 12591   |    3
Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

Blockstream’s Russell: ‘I Support UASF, SegWit, It’s My Fault’

MAY 22, 2017 | William Suberg

Bitcoin Core contributor Rusty Russell has said he would now fully support a UASF and that scaling delays were “his fault.”

 7180   |    3
F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

F2Pool Announces Support For SegWit2x

JUN 18, 2017 | Jon Buck

As the August 1 deadline draws near, f2pool becomes the next company to voice support for scaling.

 10980   |    3
Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

Bitcoin Platform Localbitcoins To Offer Limited Support If BIP148 Gains Minority Traction

JUN 12, 2017 | Jon Buck

Localbitcoins.com offers limited support for BIP148.

 8677   |    2
BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

BitPay CEO Supports User-Activated Soft Fork, Hints At Off-Chain Expansion

APR 05, 2017 | William Suberg

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair has championed SegWit activation via a user-activated soft fork (UASF) in his latest interview on Let’s Talk Bitcoin!

 2175   |    2
Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

Hard, Soft, Friendly? Zooko Wilcox Talks Bitcoin, Ethereum & ZCash Hard Forks

MAR 08, 2017 | Joseph Young

ZCash CEO Zooko Wilcox explains the definition of a future friendly fork and how hard forks could be beneficial in some cases.

 14664   |    2
Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

Coinbase, Bitfinex Would List Bitcoin Unlimited As “Altcoin” After Soft Fork: Mow

MAR 09, 2017 | William Suberg

Coinbase and Bitfinex have reportedly said that Bitcoin Unlimited would become a “new altcoin” in the event of a Bitcoin soft fork.

 13180   |    1
Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

Summer of SegWit: Bitcoin Core Begins Segregated Witness Soft Fork

JUN 24, 2016 | Evander Smart

It is going to be a wild summer for the price of Bitcoin. The only certainty in the space will be change.

 3186
Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

Troubles of Ethereum Continue, With Final Solution Still Not In View

JUL 08, 2016 | Iyke Aru

Since the June 17 attack on the DAO, the Ethereum network has suffered a chain of events that led to the fall of Ether.

 2320
Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

Ether Pool Operators Back Soft Fork, Says Griff Green After the DAO Hack

JUN 19, 2016 | Andrew Quentson

Griff Green, a spokesman for Slock.it, the team which founded the DAO, says in an interview with CoinTelegraph that he is privy to some of the pool operator’s discussions and they “very much back the soft fork.”

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