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Bitcoin Cash’s Blockchain Hard Fork Just Went Live

Published 11/15/2018, 01:05 PM
Updated 11/15/2018, 01:15 PM
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The code for Bitcoin cash's hard fork has been activated.

With neither side of the contentious debate leading up to the hard fork willing to come to a compromise, two competing implementations of the protocol have now been activated. However, it's unclear at this juncture which of the two will become the dominant software of the BCH network – or if two distinct chains will continue to co-exist in the long-term.

The last "common block" among bitcoin cash miners was #556,766, mined by SVPool. As of press time, Bitcoin.com – which is supporting Bitcoin ABC – had mined a new block, signifying that the two chains have divided into two.

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