Cardano has successfully implemented the Van Rossem hard fork, transitioning to protocol version 11 through its first upgrade ratified entirely by on-chain governance without Input Output's direct intervention. The update aims to lower Plutus execution costs and improve scalability, though ADA's price remains flat despite the news.
Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork, upgrading the mainnet to version 11. This update is expected to lower smart contract execution costs and prepares the network for the Ouroboros Leios scalability upgrade, anticipated in late 2026.
Berachain is undergoing a hard fork on Wednesday to replace its dual-token incentive model with one focused on its main BERA token. The change will end Bera Governance Token (BGT) emissions and shift block rewards to Wrapped BERA (WBERA), aiming for a simpler and more sustainable token economy. APRs could triple post-upgrade, though initial yields may fluctuate.
Cardano is advancing major throughput upgrades (Leios testnet, Van Rossem hard fork) but faces challenges from a sharp ADA price decline and a $2.4 million SecondFi wallet exploit, highlighting a divide between engineering progress and ecosystem health.
Cardano's upcoming Van Rossem hard fork (V11) aims to enhance its smart contract capabilities with Plutus upgrades and cryptographic primitives. The May 29 mainnet target faces potential delays due to infrastructure readiness. This upgrade arrives as Cardano's DeFi activity lags behind competitors, making developer adoption and usage growth the key benchmarks for ADA's future performance.
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc plans an August 2026 hard fork called eCash, which would copy Bitcoin's ledger. The proposal faces scrutiny over its plan to reallocate dormant Satoshi-linked coins and potential confusion with existing projects.
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc of LayerTwo Labs has proposed a hard fork called eCash that would reassign approximately 500,000 Bitcoin associated with the pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto to investors in a new project. The plan involves creating a separate blockchain copying Bitcoin's history but modifying the ledger to reassign coins from the 'Patoshi pattern' while giving current BTC holders equivalent eCash tokens. Named after David Chaum's early digital money project, the controversial fork is expected to launch in about 119 days with Drivechain scaling support.
Paul Sztorc lance eCash, le hard fork de Bitcoin qui active les Drivechains (BIP 300/301), offre un airdrop 1:1 aux holders et finance le projet en redistribuant une partie des bitcoins dormants de Satoshi. Lancement prévu en août 2026. L’article Hard Fork eCash : Paul Sztorc veut diviser Bitcoin et redistribuer le million de BTC de Satoshi Nakamoto est apparu en premier sur Journal du Coin.
The hard fork will introduce a new, competing layer-1 blockchain and seven layer-2 scaling networks, according to Sztorc's announcement.
Bitcoin geliştiricileri, kuantum bilgisayar saldırılarına karşı yaklaşık 8 milyon BTC'yi dondurmayı öngören BIP-361 teklifini sundu. Cardano kurucusu Charles Hoskinson, önerinin soft fork değil hard fork gerektirdiğini ve 2013 öncesi üretilen yaklaşık 1.7 milyon BTC'yi (Satoshi'ye ait 1 milyon BTC dahil) kapsamadığını savundu. Teklifin kabul edilmesi halinde bu eski coin'lerin kalıcı olarak dondurulabileceği uyarısı yapıldı.
