Bitcoin Mining Software P2Pool Calls For Hardfork Upgrade In 24 Hours Before BIP66 Takes Effect
P2Pool, an open-source, decentralized, mining pool, has called for a hardfork upgrade in 24 hours to be compatible with a BIP66/block version 3. The upgrade is needed under P2Pool release 14.0. BIP66 will take effect in about two and a half days as of June 26, according to the Bitcointalk.org P2Pool discussion thread. Users must upgrade in order for P2Pool to continue working without producing invalid blocks. Upgrade Warning Coming. At 50% of P2PPool's hashrate upgrading, P2Pool instances will start displaying a warning saying that an upgrade is required.
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