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TAAL.com Mines Historic Block to Lock in “Genesis” Protocol Update of Bitcoin SV Network

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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

In addition, TAAL mined the historic block ( https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/620539 ) considered to lock-in activation of the new Genesis rules on the Bitcoin SV network.

Key Points: 
  • In addition, TAAL mined the historic block ( https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/620539 ) considered to lock-in activation of the new Genesis rules on the Bitcoin SV network.
  • At 1:35 am GMT on February 4, block 620,538 was mined and Bitcoin SV nodes using v1.0.0 or greater (the software versions supporting Genesis) began accepting transactions under the restored Genesis protocol.
  • The Bitcoin SV network successfully completed the Genesis hard-fork protocol updated on February 4, 2020.
  • A summary of changes made in the Genesis update, authored by the Bitcoin SV Node team at nChain Ltd, is available here: https://bitcoinsv.io/2020/01/15/changes-for-the-genesis-upgrade/ .