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US nonfarm payrolls crushed expectations with 162,000 jobs in August versus 56,000 expected, triggering a Bitcoin drop toward $78,600 as rate pause expectations solidified. Meanwhile, a dissident Bla…
Luke Dashjr accused major exchanges of selling 'fake bitcoins' following a hard fork that split his BLAKE2b chain from Bitcoin. However, miners, major exchanges, and traders completely rejected the f…
Luke Dashjr's attempt to hard-fork Bitcoin using the BLAKE2b algorithm collapsed immediately upon launch due to a lack of miner support and exchange listings. The original Bitcoin network remains ful…
Ripple's David Schwartz criticized a breakaway Bitcoin hard fork initiative using the BLAKE2b algorithm following the failed BIP-110 attempt. The alternative chain led by developer Luke Dashjr lacks …
Luke Dashjr resigned from OCEAN mining pool and criticized the main Bitcoin chain. OCEAN experienced significant hashrate drops previously, and a hard fork backed by Dashjr is switching to BLAKE2b. D…
WisdomTree issued a notice regarding a proposed third-party Bitcoin hard fork around August 23, 2026. The issuer is designating a record date for physical crypto ETP holders to address potential fork…
Bitcoin faces a critical choice between freezing quantum-vulnerable dormant coins or risking theft via quantum attacks. A controversial hard fork may be inevitable, impacting supply and price stabili…
Hard-fork rumors about a trusted multisig committee for Bitcoin rekindled debate over on-chain data and governance, echoing a 2010 Satoshi-era dispute; Luke Dashjr denied the claims, but community sp…
Developer Luke Dashjr reportedly proposed a Bitcoin hard fork to retroactively alter on-chain data, prompting censorship and legal liability concerns; Dashjr denies the claims while industry figures …