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    Home » The Bitcoin Cash network had problems after the planned hardfork

    The Bitcoin Cash network had problems after the planned hardfork

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    By BlockchainJournal on May 15, 2019 News
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    Today, May 15, the planned hard forks took place in the Bitcoin Cash network. However, according to BitMEX researchers, the network soon encountered technical problems after the upgrade.

    At first, as expected, the client Bitcoin ABC 0.18.2 recognized the chain as incorrect from block 582680.

    As expected, Bitcoin ABC 0.18.2 is picking up the chain as it was invalid from block 582,680 pic.twitter.com/llFgUXvrsw

    – BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) 15 May 2019 p.

    Some time after hardfork, nine blocks with zero transactions were generated (with the exception of coinbase transactions used to pay the miners' remuneration).

    It can be a problem with the Bitcoin Cash hardfork upgrade, it can be a problem. Our mempool has 1622 txs

    Below line chart of the txs line and the orange line of the hardfork point pic.twitter.com/UR3jQuN6Zm

    – BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) 15 May 2019 p.

    Soon there was information that the Bitcoin Cash network was divided into two chains.

    The Bitcoin Cash chain has split into two chains. A hardfork occurred at block 582,679, however since that block, upgraded and not upgraded.

    The Bitcoin Cash network may not be safe for payments https://t.co/U9hbK4peip pic.twitter.com/Yfcnp6G0Dj

    – BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) 15 May 2019 p.

    “Hardfork occurred at block 582 679. However, starting from this block, updated and non-updated nodes became divided into different chains. Bitcoin Cash is currently not secure for payments. ”

    The fact that Bitcoin Cash has problems is reported by the Poloniex exchange.

    BCH had a fork for scheduled. As a result, we have disabled BCHABC until further notice. BCH core developers are working on it. Thank you for your patience.

    – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) May 15, 2019 p.

    “BCH had problems with the hard forks planned for today. As a result, we deactivated the deposit and withdrawal of BCHABC funds until the next notification. BCH developers are working on this. ”

    After some time, blocks began to appear with a small number of transactions.

    In BitMEX, they suggested that the BCH developers could apply a patch for troubleshooting.

    Last two blocks It is possible

    – BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) 15 May 2019 p.

    Subsequently, the number of transactions in blocks of the updated (longer) network began to increase.

    The network seems to have stabilized.

    It can be fixed, since the blocks are now possible. Therefore, it is possible to ignore the original ruleset. The old rules chain

    – BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) 15 May 2019 p.

    Recall that in the course of today's hardfork Bitcoin Cash it was planned to introduce Schnorr signatures .

    Also earlier, BlockchainJournal reported that in April, almost half of transactions in the Bitcoin Cash network carried out one address.

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