Ready for a hash war?

Bitcoin cash’s upcoming network update (or hard fork) is coming on Nov. 15, but a fractious divide between competing stakeholders has raised the specter that the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap – which broke off from bitcoin in the heat of the scaling debate last year – could split into two.

In the run-up to the event, pre-fork trading of bitcoin cash continues apace on Poloniex, and while trading preference is tilting toward Bitcoin ABC, a majority of the hash power currently on the network appears to be in favor of another implementation known as Bitcoin SV.

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