Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Classic

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Classic

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will now include Bitcoin Classic as a means to block confirmation by running Bitcoin Classic nodes. The news was revealed by CEO Brian Armstrong following the fork’s announcement of a new code that pushes for doubling the blocksize to 2MB. In a Twitter post today, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that the bitcoin exchange will now integrate Bitcoin classic nodes. Armstrong also pushed for adoption of Bitcoin Classic among users via his personal Twitter account, calling the effort as a means to “help Bitcoin scale.” The announcement via a tweet came with....


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