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Hard Forks

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Tech
Nodes
OpenEthereum Supported 50% of Ethereum Classic Nodes. Now It’s Leaving the Project
Two of Ethereum Classic’s largest clients are walking away from the project. That leaves only 30% of the network to support future updates.
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By William Foxley
Jul 20, 2020 at 7:20 p.m. UTC
Jul 20, 2020
NodesEthereum ClassicHard Forks
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Tech
Developers
Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns
79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up.
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By William Foxley
Jun 30, 2020 at 4:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
DevelopersEthereumHard ForksGeth
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Tech
Proof-of-work
Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic's Second Major Departure From Ethereum
Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work.
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By William Foxley
Jun 3, 2020 at 10:07 a.m. UTC
Jun 3, 2020
Proof-of-WorkProof-of-StakeEthereumEthereum ClassicHard Forks
8icecubes
Tech
Hive
Steem Witnesses Freeze $3.2M in Latest Tit-for-Tat With Hard Fork Insurgents
Witnesses on Steem have frozen eight accounts, putting a total of 17.6 million steem in limbo. It's the latest drama since March 20's Hive hard fork.
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By Brady Dale
Apr 5, 2020 at 1:37 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2020
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Tech
Hive
Splinter Cryptocurrency Hive Outperforms Justin Sun's Steem After One Week Trading
It's been a week since the Hive blockchain broke off from Steem in protest. So far, the market action has been on the side of the dissidents.
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By Brady Dale
Mar 27, 2020 at 9:52 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2020
HiveSteemitSteemHard ForksHive.io
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Tech
Social media
Steem Community Plans Hostile Hard Fork to Flee Justin Sun's Steemit
The blockchain for bloggers, Steem, is moving to Hive.io, CoinDesk has learned. The hostile hard fork is scheduled for Friday.
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By Brady Dale
Mar 17, 2020 at 11:11 p.m. UTC
Mar 17, 2020
Social MediaSteemitSteemHard ForksTron FoundationJustin SunTronBloggingHive.io
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Tech
Hard forks
Bitcoin SV Sees Minor Split as Blockchain Shifts to ‘Genesis’ Upgrade
The upgrade saw an "inadvertent" split as an unknown entity mined a block on the old chain, the BSV team says.
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By Paddy Baker
Feb 4, 2020 at 1:16 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2020
Hard ForksBitcoin SV
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Tech
Ethereum classic
Ethereum Classic Successfully Completes ‘Agharta’ Hard Fork
Similar to the network’s last backwards-incompatible upgrade in September, Atlantis, Agharta makes ethereum classic more interoperable with sister-chain ethereum.
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By William Foxley
Jan 12, 2020 at 7:23 a.m. UTC
Jan 12, 2020
Ethereum ClassicHard Forks
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Tech
Ethereum
Muir Glacier: Ethereum Hard Forks for Second Time in One Month
With the mining of block 9,200,000, ethereum's Muir Glacier upgrade has been implemented. The block was mined today at 8:30 UTC.
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By William Foxley
Jan 2, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. UTC
Jan 2, 2020
EthereumHard Forks
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Tech
Bitgo
BitGo Warns Users to Withdraw Bitcoin SV Over Hard Fork Threat to Wallets
A major code update for the cryptocurrency bitcoin SV will render some features of BitGo's wallets useless, the crypto custodian says.
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By Daniel Palmer
Dec 19, 2019 at 10:25 a.m. UTC
Dec 19, 2019
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