Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of Mt. Gox, is calling on community support for a proposal to recover more than $5.2 billion stolen from his Bitcoin exchange more than a decade ago. On Friday, Karpelès submitted a proposal on GitHub to add a consensus rule that would allow the 79,956 Bitcoin hacked from Mt. Gox (currently sitting in a single wallet) to be moved to a recovery … [Read more...] about Mt. Gox’s former CEO floats hard fork to recover 80K hacked Bitcoin
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Karlsen Network (KLS) is an ASIC-resistant Fork of KASPA (KAS)
30 Nov 2023 Karlsen Network and the Karlsen Coin (KLS) is a new project that is forked from Kaspa (KAS) with a a modified Proof of Work algorithm called KarlsenHash that prevents KAS ASICs to mine the coin. The project is still new and early and not much information is available, so you should treat with caution as always and if installing a local wallet and node you should … [Read more...] about Karlsen Network (KLS) is an ASIC-resistant Fork of KASPA (KAS)
Hard Fork vs Soft Fork
Forks, or the threat of them, seem to be an established feature of the cryptocurrency landscape. But what are they? Why are they such a big deal? And what is the difference between a hard fork and a soft fork?A “fork,” in programming terms, is an open-source code modification. Usually, the forked code is similar to the original, but with important modifications, and the two … [Read more...] about Hard Fork vs Soft Fork
The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade
The Bitcoin (BTC) network successfully activated the Taproot soft fork following a 90% lock-in consensus from miners and mining pools between blocks 709,488 and 709,632. The milestone signifies the first major upgrade for Bitcoin since August 2017, which saw the launch of Bitcoin’s leading layer-two solution, the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness (SegWit).The Taproot … [Read more...] about The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade
Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in
Real-world use cases are one of the main adoption drivers for every crypto ecosystem, which also holds true for the Bitcoin (BTC) network. In the next seven days, the Bitcoin protocol will undergo a soft fork in the name of Taproot upgrade, which aims to improve the network’s privacy, efficiency and smart contracts capability. Taproot is Bitcoin’s first major upgrade since … [Read more...] about Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in