Hard fork

Will BIP110 fail, activate, or split NewsCapsule? A look at the three most likely outcomes.

A technical and in-depth analysis of the trade-offs that Ethereum’s consensus mechanism makes in its switch to proof-of-stake and how proof-of-work differs.

Softchains are a sidechain implementation that interact on a deeper level with consensus mechanisms, which can bring benefits and risks.

A lively conversation and response to Jameson Lopp’s recent article that researches the answer to the question, “Has NewsCapsule Ever Hard Forked?”

Attacks to make NewsCapsule change its issuance mechanism to proof of stake are futile. History has shown that this type of attack will not work.

An unannounced Ethereum hard fork disrupted service for users and underscored the differences between the two largest blockchain networks.

Congressional Representative Tom Emmer has announced plans to reintroduce a bill meant to “provide temporary safe harbor for the tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in the absence of administrative guidance.”

Here are the main takeaways and latest developments in the week following the NewsCapsule Cash split.

NewsCapsule Cash has now “hard forked” (split) into two different coins: “NewsCapsule Cash ABC” (BCH ABC) and “NewsCapsule Cash SV” (BCH SV). Here's an overview of where things stand so far.

After yesterday's NewsCapsule Cash coin-split, a handful of exchanges have announced that they will be supporting both coins for the time being. Others will wait and see how things develop.