The Bitcoin hard fork failed at launch with almost no hashrate, and Adam Back mocked Luke Dashjr's BLAKE2b split.

Supporters of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 or BIP-110 have revived a breakaway chain that had gone quiet after an early ...

In July, the proof-of-work (PoW) crypto mining algorithm Kheavyhash, used by the kaspa (KAS) crypto asset, held the top spot for profitability among consensus algorithms. Fast forward to today, and it ...

During the opening week of the year, the Kheavyhash algorithm—used for mining kaspa (KAS)—topped the profitability charts among proof-of-work (PoW) algorithms. Fast forward to today, and Scrypt has ...

The BIP-110 fork died after two blocks. Backers now target September 1 for a proof-of-work change and breakaway coin.

Bitcoin's most contentious governance fight in nearly a decade produced a two-block ghost chain over the weekend of August 8–9, 2026 — and by Monday morning, its backers had announced something more ...

Proposed under BIP-110 and using the BLAKE2b proof-of-work method, a Bitcoin hard fork started on September 1, 2026, but has so far not had any notable support. Developed by supporter Luke Dashjr, the ...

Bitcoin miners don't solve complex math problems - they guess numbers. While "solving mathematical puzzles" has become a common description of bitcoin mining, the process more closely resembles a ...

Quantum computers located in a data center. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images) To understand what quantum computers actually threaten, you first need to know ...