Fork
CryptoFork: A fork occurs when blockchain participants adopt new rules or software versions, creating divergent chains or temporary network splits.
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- YFarmX investigation: Venus attack proceeds flowed into the funding trail behind Tectonic on Cronos
- A pull request explained the Cosmos EVM bug at 07:16, and the first chain was drained by 19:06
- The BIP-110 split: Bitcoin forked on Saturday night, and nobody followed
- Zcash Zakura node sets Visa throughput as its floor
- Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade slips to Q3, but the 200 million gas target is the real story
- USDP Exploit: proxy takeover drains stETH from ‘fully audited’ stablecoin
- Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade goes live, bringing PeerDAS to mainnet
- Cardano disruption explained: the library bug impact
- Moonwell exploit highlights perils of stale oracles
- Balancer hack, V2 vaults drained in $100M exploit