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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....

Could a User-Activated Soft Fork Solve Bitcoin’s Scalability Challenge?

March 18, 2017 by Alex Lielacher at Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Tech

How to address Bitcoin’s scalability issue has turned into a heated discussion in the Bitcoin community and no agreement has yet been reached. As it stands, it looks like no agreement will be achieved anytime soon, which is threatening bitcoin’s use as a payment network as the number of unconfirmed...