{"id":27075,"date":"2020-08-10T14:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27075"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:37:47","slug":"viabtc-founder-proposes-bitcoin-cash-hard-fork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/viabtc-founder-proposes-bitcoin-cash-hard-fork\/","title":{"rendered":"ViaBTC founder proposes Bitcoin Cash hard fork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ViaBTC pool founder Haipo Yang is considering a hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash network, provisionally named Bitcoin Cat.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He voiced the idea against a backdrop of active discussions about the cryptocurrency\u2019s difficulty-adjustment algorithm, noting that \u201cCat is a cute animal and there won\u2019t be any wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I am considering to build a new Bitcoin fork inherit from BCH called Bitcoin Cat. It\u2019s a temporary name. Cat is cute and harmless, there won\u2019t have a war.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haipo Yang (@yhaiyang) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yhaiyang\/status\/1291185550334951424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is expected that the next network update will include a proposal to fund infrastructure, directing 8% of block rewards to the coin\u2019s developers.<\/p>\n<p>In the new chain, Yang proposed removing unspent transaction outputs that have not moved since the chain\u2019s creation in August 2017. This could double the block reward and allocate funds to developers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">If Bitcoin Cash remove the UTXOs that never move since the fork, we can double the block reward and fund the foundation without the IFP and without break the 21M limit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haipo Yang (@yhaiyang) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yhaiyang\/status\/1291533405591465984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later, Yang <a href=\\\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@yhaiyang\/proposal-on-bitcoin-cats-fork-experimen-6c9cb7f8e784\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b<\/a> \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0445\u0430\u0440\u0434\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043a\u0430 \u2014 15 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f. \u041e\u043d \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0436\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043b \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0430\u043b\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043c \u0434\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u0438 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043a ASIC-\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043c, \u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430 \u0438 \u0432\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in June, Outlier Ventures researchers said that over the past year 63% of Bitcoin Cash developers had left the network.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ViaBTC pool founder Haipo Yang is considering a hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash network named Bitcoin Cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[754,268,1511],"class_list":["post-27075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-cash","tag-hardfork","tag-viabtc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27076,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075\/revisions\/27076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}