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Soft fork

A change to the software or protocol that allows for backwards compatible with previous versions.

Litecoin’s Soft Fork – Charlie Lee’s Plan for a ‘Fee Market’

Litecoin was born out of an early software branch of Bitcoin, but has since gained momentum as its own currency, and, at time of writing, holds the seventh place in terms of market cap.

Matt Breen · 5 years ago · 3 min read

Cardano commences long-awaited Vasil hard fork

IO announced that the changes to the Cardano testnet will take effect on July 3, while the mainnet will go through the Vasil hard fork four weeks after that.

Andjela Radmilac · 3 weeks ago · 1 min read

Cardano developers exercise caution and delay Vasil hard fork

Frustrations mount over Vasil being delayed, but Charles Hoskinson said it's necessary to avoid a repeat of the Terra LUNA/UST disaster.

Samuel Wan · 4 weeks ago · 2 min read

New Luna 2.0 blockchain will not be a fork of Luna Classic

Terraform Labs have released an announcement reaffirming that Luna 2.0 will be a genesis blockchain starting from block 0 with no dApps on launch

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 2 months ago · 2 min read

Terra LUNA fork voting in chaos amid massive inflation

The governance of Terra Luna is showing major signs of weakness in the final days of what will become Luna Classic

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 2 months ago · 4 min read

LUNA holders may veto the live vote to fork the Terra network

The voting to fork Luna is underway and is just 13% shy of being vetoed by the community and thus failing

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 2 months ago · 2 min read

Luna CEO Do Kwon proposes forking LUNA, UST to reimburse hodlers

Luna Foundation Guard CEO Do Kwon suggests forking LUNA to a new chain using a snapshot from before the attack

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 2 months ago · 4 min read

Cardano plans 2 developer events before next hardfork

Retail investors interest in Cardano has risen by around 190% within the last 30 days.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 3 months ago · 2 min read

Bifrost reaches its crowdloan soft cap of 300,000 DOT ahead of the Polkadot parachain auction

Bifrost is on its way to deliver its promise of building a decentralized cross-chain staking liquidity solution.

Andjela Radmilac · 3 months ago · 2 min read

Ethereum tests first mainnet shadow fork in anticipation of Proof-of-Stake

Ethereum's "shadow fork" has over two million wallets connected to it and has completed around 4 million transactions.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 3 months ago · 2 min read

Tesla has sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings, earning $936M

Ethereum Name Service’s amazon.eth domain fetches $1 million bid

Private but regulated tokens could beat CBDCs, Australian central bank chief says

Polygon launches new Etheum-compatible scaling solution zkEVM

Coincheck NFT (β version) has more than ten different NFT titles added to the platform

GameFi sector down, but not out | June Report

Tesla has sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings, earning $936M

Hackers steals $400K in NFTs from Premint users via malicious link

Tether reducing commercial paper holdings down to $3.5 billion by end-July

Cardano founder ‘fundamentally rejects’ tortoise-hare analogy for the blockchain

Ripple CEO offers advice for “days like today” amid crypto crash

Solana sued for being ‘centralized,’ ‘security’

Dogecoin gaining popularity for illegal activities, Elliptic report says

Moonsama partners with KILT protocol for SocialKYC integration

Avalanche’s new proposal wants ApeCoin on its subnet

Here’s why the crypto downturn isn’t the end for DeFi

What’s next for Bitcoin as market sentiment sours?

Traditional hedge funds consider regulatory uncertainty biggest barrier to entry in crypto

Crypto hedge funds are bullish on Bitcoin and knee-deep in DeFi

Polygon exec gives insider scoop on state of crypto employment

Inside THORchain: The cross-chain RUNE DEX offering native coins like BTC and ETH

Soft fork

Litecoin’s Soft Fork – Charlie Lee’s Plan for a ‘Fee Market’

Cardano commences long-awaited Vasil hard fork

Cardano developers exercise caution and delay Vasil hard fork

New Luna 2.0 blockchain will not be a fork of Luna Classic

Terra LUNA fork voting in chaos amid massive inflation

LUNA holders may veto the live vote to fork the Terra network

Luna CEO Do Kwon proposes forking LUNA, UST to reimburse hodlers

Cardano plans 2 developer events before next hardfork

Bifrost reaches its crowdloan soft cap of 300,000 DOT ahead of the Polkadot parachain auction

Ethereum tests first mainnet shadow fork in anticipation of Proof-of-Stake

$248M stablecoins flow out of Coinbase as community refutes exchange liquidity issues

Polygon soars 70% following development updates, Disney accelerator

Ethereum’s centralized dApps may overshadow the decentralization of proof-of-stake

Investors lost over $100M after Invictus Capital moved funds into UST, Celsius against their wishes

Samsung’s new mining chips will be 45% more efficient

Bankruptcy lawyers believe Celsius customers may have to wait years for settlement

Start-ups turn to crypto-native messaging platforms

Three Arrows Capital unravels as creditor list emerges

Private but regulated tokens could beat CBDCs, Australian central bank chief says

Asia-focused multi-currency stablecoin protocol, Bluejay Finance, raises $2.9M in funding

SIMBA Chain and Equideum Health Announce Partnership To Build Web3 Health Data Exchange

New Blockchain-Based Gaming IP ‘Emboldn’ Promises Gameplay-First Experience

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Soft fork

Litecoin’s Soft Fork – Charlie Lee’s Plan for a ‘Fee Market’

Cardano commences long-awaited Vasil hard fork

Cardano developers exercise caution and delay Vasil hard fork

New Luna 2.0 blockchain will not be a fork of Luna Classic

Terra LUNA fork voting in chaos amid massive inflation

LUNA holders may veto the live vote to fork the Terra network

Luna CEO Do Kwon proposes forking LUNA, UST to reimburse hodlers

Cardano plans 2 developer events before next hardfork

Bifrost reaches its crowdloan soft cap of 300,000 DOT ahead of the Polkadot parachain auction

Ethereum tests first mainnet shadow fork in anticipation of Proof-of-Stake

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