Today, November 15, Bitcoin Cash splits into two separate forks – Bitcoin ABC (main Bitcoin Cash fork) and Bitcoin SV (Satoshi's Vision).
The first block in the Bitcoin ABC Blockchain was mined by the pool of Bitcoin.com. The last common block was the SVPool block #556,766, on which the protocol update was activated.
In addition, the Bitfinex exchange reported the transfer of BAB and BSV to the accounts of BCH holders.
BAB and BSV have been successfully credited to Bitfinex users and BCH positions have been claimed. The BCH symbol will not be assigned until the fork is complete.
— Bitfinex (@bitfinex) November 15, 2018
Bitcoin ABC was created at the Chinese conference in Bitcoin in June 2017. It became a continuation of the original bitcoin cash blockchain. It’s supported by Roger Ver, the main part of the BCH community, the largest developers, and the mining giant Bitmain.
Bitcoin Cash SV (BCHSV) is an alternative Craig Wright’s Blockchain (who pretended to be Satoshi Nakamoto). It will use the original specifications set forth by Satoshi Nakamoto in White Paper of bitcoin. The main difference will be the block size, increased to 128 MB. The mining giant Coingeek and billionaire Calvin Ayre are on the BCHSV side.
The main disagreement between these two forks is due to the fact that Bitcoin ABC is considered an improvement in the protocol to facilitate the transition to smart contracts. Bitcoin SV doesn’t include any of these improvements, introduces four new opcodes, and increases the maximum block size to 128 MB.
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