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Preparations for the Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Day Begin

Preparations for the Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Day BeginLast week news.Bitcoin.com reported on a community-driven Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network stress test, where a group that runs a website called ‘BCH Stress Test Day’ plans to process millions of minimum fee transactions all at once in one day. Furthermore, the team of developers working on the project wants everyone in the BCH community to […]

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July 2, 2018 0

Bitcoin Cash Community Embraces Zero Confirmation Transactions

Bitcoin Cash Community Embraces Zero Confirmation TransactionsOver the past few weeks, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community has been discussing the subject of merchants accepting zero confirmation BCH transactions. Lots of BCH merchants have been accepting zero confirms lately as well, making the discussion topical again as it was a few years ago. Also read: Russian Railways Eyes Crypto for Tickets, Blockchain […]

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July 1, 2018 0

Meet Three More Applications That Utilize Bitcoin Cash OP_Return Data

Meet Three More Applications That Utilize Bitcoin Cash OP_Return DataOver the past month or so since the most recent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network upgrade, a lot of developers have created platforms and extensions that utilize the re-enabled Satoshi OP_Codes and updated OP_Return transactions. There’s been a bunch of social media applications like Memo and Blockpress that allow users to submit data that’s tied to […]

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June 27, 2018 0

32MB Blocks Means Bitcoin Cash is Prepared for Mass Adoption

32MB Blocks Means Bitcoin Cash is Prepared for Mass AdoptionOn May 15, 2018, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network upgraded the chain’s base block size from 8MB to 32MB. The software advancement makes blocks big enough to process lots of transactions over time — which gives developers plenty of breathing room to adjust the size if it starts getting closer to its limit. Unfortunately, many misdirected individuals […]

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May 16, 2018 0

Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Milestone Complete: 32MB and New Features

Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Milestone Complete: 32MB and New FeaturesThe Bitcoin Cash network has officially upgraded the blockchain protocol at approximately 1:54 EDT by extending the current block size fourfold from 8MB to 32MB. The consensus change is one of the largest block size increases in blockchain history, and the upgrade also adds the great knowledge of understanding Satoshi’s OP_Codes – which could add the […]

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May 15, 2018 0

Remembering Satoshi’s Vision — As it Was Written

Remembering Satoshi's Vision — As it Was WrittenOn October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto had a vision to share with the world — a protocol he called “bitcoin, a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.” Since that time a whole lot has changed, and there is a vast cryptocurrency landscape with over 1,500 virtual currencies listed on data […]

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May 13, 2018 0

Upgrade Time: Bitcoin Cash 32MB Fork Activates Tuesday

Upgrade Time: Bitcoin Cash 32MB Fork Activates TuesdayIn less than a week on May 15, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will be upgrading the base block size from 8MB to 32MB, as well as re-enabling and adding some OP_Codes to the codebase. With just days left there are a few things BCH holders and full node operators should know before the upgrade […]

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May 11, 2018 0

Bitcoin Cash Meetups Grow Wildly Across the Globe

Bitcoin Cash Meetups Grow Wildly Across the GlobeOver the past few months, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network has grown immensely as far as infrastructure support, merchant adoption, and the development of interesting on-chain applications. Another metric that’s been growing wildly is the significant increase of BCH focused meetups popping up in countries worldwide as organizers of these groups steadily push bitcoin cash […]

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April 29, 2018 0

80% of the 21 Million Bitcoins Have Been Mined Into Existence

80% of the 21 Million Bitcoins Have Been Mined Into ExistenceThis week cryptocurrency miners had processed the 17 million coins across both Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Core (BTC) networks, marking a great milestone within the history of blockchain technology. Now there are only 4Mn BCH and BTC left to mine but it’s still a very long time away until the very last coins are […]

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April 27, 2018 0

How Bitcoin Cash Can Avoid the Same Mistakes as Bitcoin Core, Part 1

How Bitcoin Cash Can Avoid the Same Mistakes as Bitcoin Core, Part 1The following opinion piece was written by Jonald Fyookball. The bitcoin cash (BCH) community understands key principles: Bitcoin should be a peer to peer Electronic Cash system; most users can use SPV wallets instead of running their own node; “second layer” scaling solutions are often unnecessary and problematic. While important, and it places the BCH […]

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April 25, 2018 0