Bitcoin Forks News

According to Fork Monitor, a platform dedicated to tracking chain forks, the Bitcoin network recently experienced an unexpected chain fork at the block height of 788686. The unforeseen event resulted in the double spending of almost 10 bitcoins (BTC). Prominent…

Australian computer scientist and self-acclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright says he plans to acquire 6,000 crypto and blockchain patents as part of his efforts to dominate the entire industry. Wright Plans 6,000 Blockchain Patents Speaking to Australian crypto media outlet…

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) has suffered another 51% network exploit with the attacker reportedly double-spending $75,000 in BTG tokens. Details of the Bitcoin Gold 51% Attack According to MIT crypto researcher James Lovejoy, Bitcoin Gold, one of the Bitcoin hard forks…

In 2017 we watched a handful of forks come out directly from the Bitcoin blockchain. The most well-known were Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Gold (BTG) and Super Bitcoin (SBTC). In 2018, yet another fork occurred in the Bitcoin space: Bitcoin…