CRYPTOCURRENCY TERMS: WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
If you’re new to the expanding world of cryptocurrency, chances are you’ve gotten lost and confused with people telling you to ‘hodl’ or that people…
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Barry Silbert: Bitcoin Cash Fork Is a Distraction, Confusing for New Investors
Barry Silbert, founder of Digital Currency Group, has weighed in on the current state of the cryptocurrency industry. Amongst other topics, the early Bitcoin investor…
Bitcoin Cash Spikes 20 Percent in the Wake of Upcoming Hard Fork Backed by Binance
Sunday, Nov. 4: crypto markets have seen a lot movement today, with most of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing significant growth, and…
Privacy Crypto Zcash Goes Live With ‘Sapling’ Network Hard Fork
The privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash has officially implemented its network hard fork, known as Sapling. Activated on schedule at block 419,200, Sapling has long been planned as an upgrade…
ZCash (ZEC): The Only Bitcoin (BTC) Fork That Can Beat Investors’ Expectations
ZCash (ZEC) is a popular source code fork of Bitcoin (BTC), just like Litecoin (LTC). The purpose of its creation was to address privacy issues that users…
Forking a Fork: ‘Bitcoin Private’ Copies Zcash But What’s it Worth?
A fork of a fork of a fork? With Friday’s birth of a new coin called “bitcoin private,” the cryptocurrency space just keeps getting more…
2x Called Off: Bitcoin Hard Fork Suspended for Lack of Consensus
The organizers of a controversial bitcoin scaling proposal are suspending an attempt to increase the block size by way of a software upgrade. Known for…
Ethereum Classic Snaps Slump as Price Hits Eight-Week High
Ethereum classic rose to eight-week high today – its highest level since Sep. 9. At press time, the fork of the etheruem blockchain is trading…
Ethereum Developers Optimistic Ahead of Byzantium Blockchain Fork
Ethereum’s core developers assembled yesterday for a final scheduled meeting before the blockchain network, the world’s second-largest by total value, undergoes its next upgrade, expected on…
Hard Forks Galore: Bitcoin Cash Debates Ambitious Tech Roadmap
Bitcoin cash’s developer team is shedding new light on how it might manage the world’s third most valuable cryptocurrency network. Details, not only about its development…