5 Bitcoin ATM Companies Switch To Running Bitcoin Classic
In the continuing struggle between advocates for Bitcoin core and the hard fork of Bitcoin Classic, some Bitcoin ATM’s have drawn a line in the sand on where they hope the future of the cryptocurrency to go in favor of Bitcoin Classic. In a recent Reddit thread posted on behalf of the Bitcoin ATM company Bitlove, they shared that they were among 5 current Bitcoin ATM companies including Coinucopia, Herocoin, Tobitcoin, Sumbits, and Bitlove which would switch to Bitcoin Classic to support the immediate block size increase. In total, 29 Bitcoin ATM’s across North America have switched to....
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