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War of the Words: Who's Said What About a Bitcoin Fork?

CoinDesk rounds up the various announcements from industry startups in the wake of speculation the bitcoin network could see a technical split.

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A Short Guide to Bitcoin Forks

Don't know a hard fork from a soft fork? This guide is designed to help you follow bitcoin's raging technical debates.

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Charts: Determining the Ideal Block Size for Bitcoin

What's the ideal block size? CoinDesk contributor Willy Woo analyzes the charts for answers in his latest opinion piece.

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Keep Calm and Bitcoin On? Developers Aren't Worrying About a Fork

As the discussion heats up over the possibility of a bitcoin hard fork, some developers are playing down the likelihood of a split.

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Bitcoin Core Roadmap Unveils Signature Optimization Plan

Bitcoin developers outlined a plan today to replace the network's signature scheme with an alternative.

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Fork Fallout? A Bitcoin Split Could Become a Legal Mess

Should the bitcoin network split into rival chains, those impacted in the fallout may be unable to turn to courts for recourse, lawyers say.

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Developers Discuss Wallet Safety Under Hard Fork Conditions

A proposal for how bitcoin wallets could be protected under adversarial conditions is seeing discussion among Bitcoin Core developers.

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Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates

As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.

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Bitcoin Unlimited: Mining Power Should Determine Hard Fork

The developers behind an alternative bitcoin software took steps today to allay fears that an upgrade to its code would be disruptive to the market.

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