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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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By Pete Rizzo
Mar 23, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 23, 2017
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Bitcoin protocol
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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By Pete Rizzo
Mar 22, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2017
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Bitcoin protocol
A Bitcoin Hard Fork? The Science of Contentious Code is Advancing
Developers are probing deeper into how best to execute a hard fork – a contentious upgrading tool that promises numerous benefits for bitcoin.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Feb 10, 2017 at 2:35 p.m. UTC
Feb 10, 2017
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