Fork in the node: Bitcoin Cash Node on track to oust Bitcoin ABC

Fork in the node: Bitcoin Cash Node on track to oust Bitcoin ABC

After months of escalating tensions between rival Bitcoin Cash implementations, the future of BCH appears to be firmly in the hands of Bitcoin Cash Node. Bitcoin ABC, the historically dominant implementation of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), appears on the brink of giving way to a community-driven mutiny in the form of Bitcoin Cash Node (BCHN).According to Coin Dance more than 75% of nodes have signaled in favor of BCHN over the past week, while a meager 1% have shown support for ABC. There’s just over ten days left in the race.BCHN nodes mined 84.7% of Bitcoin Cash blocks produced in the last 24....


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