Hard Fork

EIP 1559

Ethereum’s ‘EIP 1559’ Fee Market Overhaul Greenlit for July

William FoxleyMar 5, 2021

A large majority of Ethereum miners are against the proposal. But that hasn’t stopped developers from scheduling the upgrade for July.

Cardano

Cardano Becomes a Multi-Asset Blockchain With Today’s Hard Fork

Brady DaleMar 1, 2021

Enabling new tokens is a step on the path to full smart-contract functionality.

Ethereum

Berlin Hard Fork Is Now Live on Ethereum

Jamie Crawley Colin HarperApr 15, 2021

The upgrade incorporates four optimizations aimed at gas efficiency and improved security.

Valid Points

Valid Points: What to Expect When Ethereum 2.0 Undergoes Its First ‘Hard Fork’

Christine Kim William FoxleyJan 27, 2021

Here's what the impending Eth 2.0 hard fork means, and why Ethereum devs are still debating the “Ice Age.”

Cardano

Cardano to Launch Hard Fork Before Next Major Development Phase

David PanDec 5, 2020

The hard fork will introduce the token-locking mechanism, one of its most significant new functions, to the Cardano mainnet.

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Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash Has Split Into Two New Blockchains, Again

Muyao Shen

Bitcoin Cash split into two blockchain again, but one of the new chains has received no hashpower so far.

Bitcoin Cash

Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Could Have Thwarted PayPal Support

Muyao Shen

Roger Ver, one of the biggest bitcoin cash advocates, is not a fan of the scheduled fork event of the cryptocurrency's network.

Ethereum

Developers Debate Disclosure Protocols After ‘Accidental’ Ethereum Hard Fork

William Foxley

Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods.

Ethereum

Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced Hard Fork’ Was Trying to Prevent the Very Disruption It Caused

Colin Harper

A hard fork that split Ethereum’s chain in two was activated on purpose, calling into question Ethereum’s client coordination.

Bitcoin Cash

OKEx, Still Paralyzed by Founder’s Arrest, Details Plans for Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork

Muyao Shen

While cryptocurrency withdrawals on OKEx remains suspended, the exchange is detailing its plans for the scheduled Bitcoin Cash fork in November.

Hard Fork

Zcash Latest Hard Fork ‘Heartwood’ Makes Mining Private

William Foxley

Privacy coin zcash has successfully hard forked at block height 903,000 in a planned network update known as “Heartwood.”

Steem

Steem Hard Forks Today Over Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab

Sebastian Sinclair

The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance.