How to Follow the Ethereum Hard Fork as it Happens
A rare event in the history of public blockchains resulting from an exploitation of a major project, the ethereum development community is expected to create a new history of transactions that will disregarded the disputed funds tomorrow. To pull off the feat, a number of hurdles have had to be crossed, leaving just this one – the voting of the miners that today confirm transactions on the public blockchain — remaining. Assuming all goes well, the hard fork is expected to occur early Tuesday afternoon UTC. For those unwilling to wait for the breaking news, we’ve put together a list of....
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