Category: Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Private hard fork incoming to deal with 1.8M premine coins

Bitcoin Private hard fork

Bitcoin Private came under fire couple of days back as CoinMetrics exposed their team from doing a premine of ~1.8 million coins and hiding them under shielded addresses. In addition to that, there are 20,000 additional coins as well. To deal with this embarrassing situation, the Bitcoin Private team is planning to do a hard fork and remove the shielded coins from existence.

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Coinmarketcap Listing Policy is full of discrimination; harasses developers and does insider trading

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Unless you are totally new to cryptocurrencies, you have heard of Coinmarketcap and most probably, use it on everyday basis. They have app on iOS which is used by millions across the globe. For many, Coinmarketcap website is the first website any crypto trader or enthusiast checks in the morning. However, it has been accused for having odd listing policies, doing discrimination, harassing developers and insider trading.

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MetaMask for Bitcoin Cash – Badger Wallet

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If you are looking for MetaMask that is compatible with Bitcoin Cash (BCHABC), then there is a Chrome extension that lets you do exactly that plus more. It’s called Badger Wallet and it looks and feels exactly like Metamask that is designed to work only with Ethereum blockchain. Badger works with both tokens and Bitcoin Cash, so think of it like Metamask with added features.

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CEX.io supports Bitcoin Cash Fork

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Bitcoin Cash fork will be supported by the CEX.io exchange. Bitcoin Cash fork is scheduled for November 15, 2018. The BCH network is subject to regular upgrades for improved performance. This time, the team hasn’t found a consensus, so the chain might split, resulting in two separate coins – SV (satoshi vision) and ABC.

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