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New Bitcoin Hard Fork Proposal Raises Tax Concerns Because eCash Plan Could Mean Unexpected Liabilities for Holders

DIGIT — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:43 +0000

Paul Sztorc’s new proposal for a Bitcoin hard fork has caused a great deal of discussion in ‘crypto land’, the technical merits and purpose behind it being only part of the reason, there is also the considerable financial implications for everyday users. The fork, called eCash and scheduled for August 2026, could unexpectedly create untold tax obligations on millions of Bitcoin holders, even those that simply choose not to adopt the new asset. Hard forks (a concept often heard in the crypto ecosystem) are used to split an existing Blockchain into two competing chains, generating a new digital asset and

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Bitcoin Records Largest Mined Block to Date, 4 MB Block Containing NFT Causes Unease Among Small-Block Supporters

DIGIT — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:00:05 +0000

Amid the controversy surrounding the Ordinals project and the debate over what types of data should be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain, the network mined its largest block, nearly 4 MB in size, containing just 63 transactions. One of the transactions was a 3.94 MB Ordinal inscription featuring an image of a wizard, and the […]

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How to earn crypto passive income with forks and airdrops?

DIGIT — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:45:41 +0000

Hard forks and airdrops are forms of passive income strategies, which are essentially free giveaways of particular tokens to users.

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Celo rallies 50% as excitement builds for the upcoming ‘Donut’ hardfork

DIGIT — Tue, 18 May 2021 22:15:00 +0000

CELO price gained 50% ahead of the network’s May 19 ‘Donut’ hardfork which will help increase interoperability and lower gas fees.

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Ethereum price all-time high follows reduced gas costs and DeFi revival

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:46:06 +0000

Analysts expect Ethereum price to rally to new all-time highs after the Berlin upgrade results in a drip in gas fees and a surge in DeFi activity.

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What the forks? Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic see triple-digit rallies

DIGIT — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Following Dogecoin’s lead, Ethereum Classic rallied to a new all-time high and Bitcoin Cash price doubled as altcoin forks start to gain traction.

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Ether hits new all-time high above $2,200 hours ahead of Berlin hard fork

DIGIT — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:48:13 +0000

The pending hard fork will take the first steps in addressing Ether’s high transaction fees.

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Why Nick Szabo Probably Isn’t Satoshi

DIGIT — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:50:44 +0000

Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create a compelling picture that he […]

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Price of Verge Holds Above $0.50 Despite Major Attack

DIGIT — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:44:13 +0000

The past day for Verge (XVG) represents yet another fiasco for the highly controversial Dogecoin fork. Hackers have managed to mine an XVG block every second through a timestamp exploitation coupled with a 51% attack. To make matters worse, hasty developer responses have actually rendered the network even more incapable through an ineffective hard fork. Since yesterday, hackers have mined over 17,000 XVG blocks. This translates to over 20 million XVG, a bag worth over US$1 million. The developer has already asserted that these coins will not be reverted, blacklisted, or burnt, making the hack absolutely successful. The hack took place

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New Year, New Forks: World Bitcoin and Bitcoin Candy Expected Soon

DIGIT — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:25:11 +0000

The fork of Bitcoin Cash sparked a wave of airdrops and bitcoin-related fork projects in 2017. A new project, World Bitcoin (WBTC), is to fork at block 503,888 on or around January 12. Unlike other hard forks introducing new features to overcome Bitcoin’s limitations, WBTC will focus on building a ”global application infrastructure”, according to its […]

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