Bitcoin Miners Miss the First BIP 148 Deadline

Bitcoin miners at large have missed the first BIP 148 deadline to prevent a split in Bitcoins blockchain.As Bitcoins scaling dispute appears to be heading for a climax, the next couple of weeks could prove pivotal. One scaling solution in particular, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 148 BIP 148, is scheduled to trigger activation of Segregated Witness SegWit on August 1, 0000 UTC. As a User Activated Soft Fork UASF, all users that run a BIP 148 node will then start rejecting any and all blocks th

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