May 3, 2024

The split in the Bitcoin Cash community is widening

The split in the Bitcoin Cash community is widening

The upcoming update has divided the NAF community into two irreconcilable camps.offer to leave the network.

New client version 0.22.0 includes the ASERT DAA mining difficulty adjustment algorithm and "tax for miners". All nodes must update their software by November 15th. Obviously, not everyone liked the idea of ​​deducting a part of their earnings.

Amaury Sechet, the chief developer of Bitcoin Cash's largest client, Bitcoin ABC, notes that disputes and divisions within the team are growing.In his opinion, the network upgrade is necessary to survive and remain competitive in the market. 

Meanwhile, Roger Ver criticized the upcoming changes and called them a copy of Dash (DASH). 

Another alternative client representativeBitcoin Cash Node (BCHN), Nilac The Grim, asked Sesha to leave the development team. Nilac is confident that the community will avoid division and find a common language. According to him, mining pools in China are also against the upcoming innovations. 

Formerly the founder of the ViaBTC mining pool, Hypo Yangproposed an alternative version of the Bitcoin Cat hard fork. Among his proposals – a mining algorithm more friendly to ASIC miners, reduced block generation time and a new voting system.

The Bitcoin Cash network was already forked in 2018. During the protracted “developer war” two new blockchains were created – Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin Cash ABC.

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