Bitcoin Cash Fork Bitcoin ABC Coming May 15
Bitcoin Cash doing a hard fork on May 15th called Bitcoin ABC. Bitcoin ABC upgrades Bitcoin Cash to allow for an immediate block size increase and an adjustable blocksize cap.
Cryptocurrency Forks and Airdrops
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can be “forked.” In simple terms, this either creates two versions of a coin or updates one version.
Sometimes new coins are created this way.
In other cases coins can be “airdropped” to people who hold existing coins for a myriad of reasons.
This section includes information on cryptocurrency forks and airdrops.
Coinbase Announces Support for Bitcoin Forks
Coinbase has come out and eluded to supporting forks, but now they have officially announced support for Bitcoin forks and other forks.
What is a Cryptocurrency Airdrop?
In cryptocurrency, the term “airdrop” is used to describe a type of distribution event for a cryptocurrency where tokens are distributed to existing wallets.
Monero (XMR) Hard Fork MoneroV (XMV) Explained
Monero (XMR) is forking to create MoneroV (XMV). The snapshot block is 1564965. Anyone in Monero in a wallet where they control their private keys before the snapshot will own MoneroV.
Waves’ Bitcoin Cash Airdrop Explained
The Waves platform is doing a Bitcoin Cash airdrop on February 22, 2018. To qualify for the airdrop, store Waves Community Tokens (WCT) on a waves wallet with the letters “B”, “C” and “H” in it.
Litecoin Cash Price Hits $5.50; That is $55 of LCC Per LTC Held
There was a lot of skepticism over the Litecoin Cash fork (LCC). However, the fork ended up being real and the price of LCC has already hit $5.50 netting Litecoin (LTC) holders $55 per LTC held. Even as I write this the price is rising.
Litecoin Cash FUD Sends Everyone into a Panic of Speculation
The Litecoin cash fork is slated to happen at block 1371111 (on February 18, 2018). There has been a lot of FUD and speculation, just like with any other fork.
Ethereum Classic “Airdrop” (Callisto) Explained
There is a Callisto (CLO) airdrop planned for Ethereum Classic (ETC) holders. A snapshot will occur at block 5500000. Those who held ETC during the snapshot will get CLO coins at a 1:1 ratio during the airdrop.
The Litecoin Fork (Litecoin Cash) Explained
Litecoin is being forked and Litecoin Cash (LCC) is being created. The Litecoin Cash fork will occur at block 1371111 on Sunday Feb. 2018.
Coinomi Wallet to Support Zclassic and the Bitcoin Private Fork
Coinomi announced on its Twitter that it will be supporting the cryptocurrency Zclassic as well as the Zclassic Bitcoin fork “Bitcoin Private.”