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Category: Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash’s Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug
A system-wide upgrade otherwise known as a hard fork appears to have split the bitcoin cash network in two. Bitcoin Cash is the fourth largest cryptocurrency in the world and possesses a market capitalization of over $6 billion. The chain…
Modern Day Gold? Bitcoin Cracks $8,000, Up 120% Year-To-Date
Bitcoin prices continued to march higher on Tuesday, trading through $8,000 for the first time in more than nine months. The price of a single bitcoin BTCUSD, +3.83% hit an intraday day high around $8,300 and in most recent trade the cryptocurrency was…
Top Bitcoin Casinos & Sports Betting Site Ranking & Reviews 2019
One of the biggest and main markets that have benefited from the emergence of Bitcoin gambling has been online casinos. While these have existed for the better part of a decade and progressed along with many other online gambling and…
2019 Outlook: Top 5 Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash & EOS
Article by Valdrin Tahiri Blokt Top 5 Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap 2018 for many, was marked by the almost year-long decline in cryptocurrency prices. However, those who work actively in the crypto industry were mostly upbeat and believe that real progress…
One Month Later, Which Crypto Is Winning the Bitcoin Cash Split?
One month has officially passed since the bitcoin cash blockchain underwent a hard fork on November 15, resulting in the creation of two distinct networks. They’re now commonly referred to as Bitcoin Cash ABC and Bitcoin SV. Yet in the…
Amended Suit Against Coinbase Details Bitcoin Cash Insider Trading Claims
A new amended class action complaint has been filed against Coinbase, providing more detail on how insiders allegedly profited from the cryptocurrency exchange’s rollout of bitcoin cash last December. The document, filed Nov. 20 with the U.S. District Court for…
Bitcoin Cash SV’s ‘Blockchain Reorg’ Likely an Accidental Split, Not an Attack
Bitcoin Cash “Satoshi’s Vision” – otherwise called Bitcoin SV – suffered a block reorganization Monday by which transactions on two different blocks were overwritten. Though it is possible these two blocks may have been maliciously overwritten by outside attackers, the most…
What We Know About Bitcoin Cash’s Two Blockchains
At 18:02 UTC, the bitcoin cash blockchain officially split in two. With one iteration of the bitcoin cash protocol called Bitcoin “Satoshi’s Vision” or Bitcoin SV directly opposing the upgrades introduced through another implementation called Bitcoin ABC, the blockchain forked…
Bitcoin Cash Price Climbs 11% to Hit 2-Month High
The price of bitcoin cash rose more than 11 percent on Tuesday, pushing its price to a new two-month high. Market data shows that the cryptocurrency’s price has risen 30 percent since Sunday, and is currently trading at roughly $623.…