Bitmain Responds to UASF With Another Bitcoin Hard Fork Announcement

Major Bitcoin mining hardware producer Bitmain today announced that it may launch a hard fork in August. Labeled a contingency plan, this announcement is a response to the upcoming user activated hard soft fork UASF, as defined by Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 148 BIP148 and the wipe-out risk that comes along with it.After an initial 8 megabyte proposal, Bitcoin Classic, the Hong Kong roundtable consensus, Bitcoin Unlimited, and SegWit2x, this marks the sixth time the Chinese mining giant has

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