[ad_2][ad_1] The Ethereum network suffered an unannounced hard fork. The developers confirmed they were working on a critical bug. Sudden technical problems with infrastructure provider Ethereum Infura frightened the cryptocurrency community on Wednesday. Numerous trading platforms and wallet service providers, including Binance and MetaMask, have been forced to suspend ETH …
Read More »Binance Briefly Suspends Ethereum Withdrawals As Network Suffers From ‘Minor Hard Fork’
[ad_2][ad_1] The Ethereum network underwent what looks like a hard fork on Wednesday, as reports of outages and irregularities surfaced on infrastructure providers Infura and Blockchair. Although initially believed to be an internal problem with Infura, a hosting service used by some exchanges and service providers to interact with the …
Read More »Bitcoin Cash hits record lows compared to Bitcoin days before the hard fork
[ad_2][ad_1] Altcoin traders continue to feel the pain as Bitcoin (BTC) gains, with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) reaching new all-time lows. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and other sources show that BCH is worth less in terms of BTC than ever since 10 November. Bitcoin Cash falls to new BTC lows At …
Read More »This compound financial fork just froze $ 1 million in Ethereum tokens
[ad_2][ad_1] About $ 1 million worth of Ethereum tokens is locked into a new DeFi app after its developers made changes to the protocol’s interest rate smart contracts. Lending platform DeFi PercentFinance, a fork of Compound Finance, wrote in a blog post on November 4 that “some [its] the money …
Read More »Hash Watch: Bitcoin Cash Services Reveal Contingency Plans For Next Fork
[ad_2][ad_1] The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is expected to be updated on Sunday, November 15 and the network is expected to fork. So far, a number of cryptographic services have revealed contingency plans for the fork, and today’s data shows that 754 blocks of cash out of 1,000 bitcoins have been …
Read More »Ethereum core developers set tentative date for “Berlin” hard fork
[ad_2][ad_1] Leading Ethereum developers have set a tentative date for the implementation of the Berlin hard fork for January 2021. Despite the proposal, the restructuring of the Ethereum fee mechanism with EIP-1559 will not be included. In the latest bi-weekly call from Ethereum Core developers, several proposals for the blockchain …
Read More »Ethereum Developer Pencil in January for Eth 1.x ‘Berlin’ Hard Fork
[ad_2][ad_1] Ethereum’s “Berlin” hard fork remains a few months away at best, according to the bi-weekly All Core Developers call held on Friday. A soft January goal is now in the works, following the planned launch of the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain in December. Berlin is a hard fork of …
Read More »Litecoin and Cardano Explore ‘Velvet Fork’ Partnership – Here’s How Crypto Collaboration Could Work
[ad_2][ad_1] Litecoin (LTC) and smart contract platform Cardano (ADA) are exploring a “Velvet Fork” partnership that will unlock new features in the 10th largest cryptocurrency such as cross-chain communications, smart contract capability and improved scalability. In July, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson invited Litecoin Foundation CEO Charlie Lee to potentially collaborate …
Read More »Litecoin one step closer to the Cardano and “Velvet Fork” partnership
[ad_2][ad_1] Key points Litecoin prepares to work with Cardano on a “velvet fork”. This fork will add several features including cross-chain fund settlement, smart contracts, and better scalability. It is not yet certain that Litecoin will move forward with these plans. Share this article Litecoin is preparing to collaborate with …
Read More »Nine years after the Litecoin fork: a look back
[ad_2][ad_1] DETROIT – Nine years ago, almost today, Litecoin was formed after a fork of the Bitcoin blockchain. Its original premise was to become the cryptocurrency of choice for daily shopping. The reason for this was Bitcoin’s lethargic processing times which threatened to make it irrelevant as it would have …
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