A Bitcoin hard fork is a significant event in the Bitcoin blockchain's history, creating a permanent divergence in the protocol's rules. This article explores what a hard fork is, why they happen, ...

However, that was a bit of a workaround to avoid a hard fork and required users to go through the painful process of starting up a new wallet. At its peak, around 3.5 million wallets used it.

The Cardano blockchain will transition to a decentralized governance structure after the Plomin hard fork takes effect, the Cardano Foundation said in a Jan. 29 X post, writing: “The Plomin hard ...

A third and hopefully final Ethereum testnet has gone live to test out Pectra, Ethereum’s long-awaited hard fork that’s been ...

Bitcoin developers looking to expand the blockchain's decentralized finance (DeFi) capabilities are likely to be considering ...

The Ethereum Foundation launched Mekong, a short-term testnet allowing developers to explore UX and staking updates for the upcoming Pectra fork. Chang will be the first hard fork in the final era ...

Witness Discount Explained: How SegWit Reduces Fees, Increases Transaction Capacity, and Enhances Bitcoin’s Scalability Without a Hard Fork. The witness discount refers to the reduction in data ...

Plomin comes just four months after Cardano implemented the “Chang” hard fork, which put in place many of the mechanisms that went into effect on Wednesday. (Hard forks are major updates made to a ...