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Poolin, BTC.Com Joins F2Pool in Support of Bitcoin’s Taproot

November 23, 2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Bitcoin

Poolin, BTC.com, and Slushpool have joined F2Pool in support of Taproot. The upgrade will introduce scaling and privacy features in Bitcoin. They are now listed on the “Taproot-Activation” website. Poolin Okays Taproot In a tweet on Nov 18, Poolin officially signaled their support for Taproot. https://twitter.com/officialpoolin/status/1329021070918230017 The upgrade will be through...

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Litecoin Introduces Fungibility and Private Transactions

January 31, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, News

According to a January 28, 2019 Tweet from Charlie Lee, Litecoin will be experiencing a soft fork this year that will bring privacy and fungibility to the coin. A Change is Coming Litecoin is set to become more fungible and private according to a January 28, 2019 tweet from Charlie...

What Is a Hard Fork in the Crypto Economy?

April 23, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum, News, Tech

Hard forks have become a major topic in the cryptocurrency space in the past six to twelve months. After Bitcoin Cash (BCH) forked from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017, a wave of bitcoin forks hit the community and with it came substantial controversy surrounding the legitimacy of these forks....