Hard Fork

Existing Consensus Algorithms

...approximately 7 transactions per second. Increasing either parameter requires a hard fork and raises concerns about centralization, as larger blocks favor miners with mo...

Development History

...clined following the block reward halvings. The transition to AuxPoW required a hard fork of the network and represented a significant departure from Dogecoin's origins ...

Abstract

...ch to scaling. When consensus could not be reached, the latter group executed a hard fork, creating a new chain that preserved Bitcoin's transaction history while implem...

Background: The Scaling Debate

...ebate and none achieved the overwhelming consensus needed for a non-contentious hard fork. Several attempts at compromise were made. The Hong Kong Agreement (February 2...

The Fork

The Bitcoin Cash hard fork was executed on August 1, 2017, at block height 478,558. At that point, the Bit...