Added Support For BU as Pools Show Preference for Different Scalability Solutions
Currently, everyone’s been focused on the price of bitcoin and turbulent global markets. However, in the bitcoin mining and development space, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. Smaller Mining Pools and Bitcoin Unlimited. As Bitcoin.com previously reported the bitcoin network’s hashrate distribution among mining pools has been changing. Lately,....
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One thing people have to keep in mind is how Segregated Witness has an actual expiration date. Now that SegWit activation signalling has begun, it will be interesting to see which pools support Bitcoin Core. On the first day, support is quite lacklustre, with only three pools in favor. The vast majority of pools have not expressed their preference yet, and there is still a long way to go. But it goes to show reaching 95% consensus is not only doubtful, it is highly unrealistic Whether or not one favors SegWit over anything else, a block size solution has to be formed. So far, BTCC,....
In the end, the mining pools are a strong indicator of which solution will "win" eventually. Intriguing things continue to happen in the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Network support for Bitcoin Unlimited and Bitcoin Core is nearly the exact same. This is quite a significant development for the bitcoin ecosystem, although it remains unclear how things will play out. One thing seems certain: the balance of power could shift at any given moment. Only one percent separates the two scalability solutions, which is quite interesting. The mining pool support is quite important....
Support for BIP 100, the market-led scalability fix from core developer Jeff Garzik, is growing as more miners pick sides in bitcoin's block size debate. Data from BlockTrail indicates the percentage of blocks mined in support of BIP 100 has quadrupled to 22% following the backing of bitcoin's biggest mining pool DiscusFish / F2Pool on Monday night. Miners have the ability to voice their preference for which proposal they support, be it BIP 100 or an 8MB increase, when they 'tag' each block they mine. Unlike votes for controversial bitcoin client XT, these tags will not trigger a hard fork....
Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain has announced they added support for Ethereum mining on Antpool as of May 28. In doing so, the company is welcoming all Ethereum enthusiasts to point their rigs at a new mining pool with a solid reputation. Antpool Welcomes Ethereum Miners. It is quite an interesting change to see Bitcoin mining pools expand their offering to Ethereum miners as well. Albeit a lot of people firmly believe both cryptocurrencies are in direct competition with each other, this news goes to show they can co-exist peacefully without issues. Plus, Antpool is one of the....
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