Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main network. Over the past 48 hours, BTC traded largely between $64,500 and $65,250. By Sunday morning, Aug. 9, bitcoin was changing […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug
The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra9 Aug
None of the first 59 dominant-chain blocks signaled for the proposal, while its enforcing branch mined one successor before stalling.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
CoinDesk•Shaurya Malwa9 Aug
At 7:56 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Following Bitcoin’s chain split at block height 961632, BIP-110-aligned mining pool Roughnecks managed to squeeze out a second block at height 961633, while the main chain has already left it in the dust at 961651. After two years of bitter bickering, Bitcoin has blown past the BIP-110 signaling line […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug
BIP-110 is a proposed one-year change that limits non-financial data on Bitcoin and has sparked a debate over how Bitcoin's block space should be used.
The Block•Zack Abrams8 AugBIP-110 is a proposed one-year change that limits non-financial data on Bitcoin and has sparked a debate over how Bitcoin's block space should be used.
The Block•Zack Abrams8 Aug
The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra8 Aug
Onchain data confirms the BIP-110 activation period is live, and Bitcoin’s blockchain has fractured into two versions. Stats show Bitcoin block 961632 was mined by mining heavyweight Antpool, while BIP-110 supporter Roughnecks produced a rival version of block 961632. Rival Miners Split Bitcoin at Block 961632 Several monitoring sites, including forkwatch.tv and the web portal […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman8 Aug
CoinDesk•AI Boost8 Aug
The fork highlights the challenges of achieving consensus in decentralized networks, potentially leading to isolated, economically weak chains.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team8 Aug
BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from theory to a live test. At the time of writing, the decisive block is expected to arrive roughly a hair less than eight hours from now. With the clock ticking, here’s how observers can track […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman8 Aug
Bitcoin holders could lose real BTC if they try to sell coins created by a potential BIP-110 chain split without first separating their balances. BIP-110 fork could put real Bitcoin at risk Bitcoin developer Kevin Loaec warned holders against moving…
CoinDesk•Shaurya Malwa8 Aug
At height 961,632, enforcing nodes reject non-signaling blocks, but Bitcoin does not automatically adopt the proposal.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright7 Aug
Bitcoin developer Chris Guida has dusted off code that could swap the mining algorithm on a breakaway BIP-110 chain if supporters fail to overcome miners’ resistance. With the activation height closing in fast, supporters are now openly floating a proof-of-work (PoW) swap if BIP-110 leaves them stranded on a weak minority chain that stops moving. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman7 Aug
CoinDesk•AI Boost7 Aug
BIP-110's author told users to abandon Bitcoin Core. Michael Saylor says its backers should stand down instead.
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth7 Aug
Bitcoin is closing in on a possible chain split after block 961,632 as BIP-110 backers prepare to enforce rules that barely register across the network’s computing power. BIP-110 Faces Its Moment of Truth At block 961,289 on Thursday morning, Bitcoin sat roughly 343 blocks from BIP-110’s mandatory signaling phase. The bip110.org/monitor dashboard showed just 41 […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman6 Aug
Bitcoin Magazine Corporation’s Approach to the BIP-110 Soft Fork This article goes into how Bitcoin-utilizing corporations could approach BIP-110. This post Corporation’s Approach to the BIP-110 Soft Fork first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Allard Peng .