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Hard Fork News

During a hard fork, blockchain networks split into two different chains. A cryptocurrency hard fork results in two blockchains, in addition to two separate assets: the original and the forked asset. Cryptocurrency hard forks can be a benign, consensual upgrade spearheaded by the community, or the culmination of bitter debates that split a community into two separate chains and assets.

Multiple notable contentious hard forks have occurred over the years. In 2016, as the result of a hard fork, Ethereum (ETH) split in two, resulting in Ethereum and Ethereum Classic (ETC). And in 2017, due to another hard fork, Bitcoin (BTC) split into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Developers may cooperatively implement hard forks based on consensus from multiple parties. Communities may choose to hard fork cryptocurrency for a number of reasons, such as improving network speed.

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The core development team of blockchain platform Æternity announced the release of the software of its latest hard fork, Lima.

Æternity Releases Final Hard Fork Software to Compete with Ethereum

Adrian Zmudzinski

2019-11-06T03:14:00+00:00

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The Aragon community voted against Ethereum changing its proof-of-work mining algorithm before the release of Ethereum 2.0.

Aragon Opposes Change to Ethereum's Mining Algorithm Before 2.0 Version

2019-11-04T22:45:00+00:00

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Qtum has gone though its first-ever hard fork today, unlocking major significant network improvements.

Qtum’s First-Ever Hard Fork Qtum 2.0 Is Now Active

2019-10-17T18:36:00+01:00

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New CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert said that Ether is a commodity, while similar digital assets should be treated similarly.

US CFTC Chairman Says Ether Is a Commodity, ETH Futures Coming Next

2019-10-10T17:00:00+01:00

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Ethereum’s Istanbul hard fork is expected to break 680 smart contracts on the decentralized management platform Aragon, after its launch earlier today.

Aragon Expects Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork to Break 680 Smart Contracts

2019-10-01T01:15:00+01:00

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Ethereum’s system-wide activation of the Istanbul hard fork has arrived two days early and caused a split of the Ropsten testnet.

Early Arrival of Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork Causes Testnet Split

2019-09-30T22:15:00+01:00

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The EOS network performed its first hard fork on Monday, with commitment secured from 29 out of 30 block producers.

EOS’ First Hard Fork Successfully Completed

Adrian Zmudzinski

2019-09-23T17:55:00+01:00

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Cointelegraph Analytics takes a look at the most anticipated events for major coins such as EOS, Tron and Neo.

EOS Hard Fork in 10 Days, Major Updates for Tron, Neo: CT Analytics

2019-09-13T14:05:38+01:00

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