Bitcoin Cash proponents are celebrating the year anniversary of ‘Bitcoin Independence Day’ on August 1st and now into the weekend. Over the past week, quite a few bitcoiners have noticed there’s been a lot of developments, announcements, and commemorative parties within the BCH space.
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Bitcoin Cash Fans Celebrate the August 1 Anniversary Into the Weekend
There have been over 63,000 blocks mined since the blockchain split on August 1, 2017, and Bitcoin Cash fans have been observing the anniversary over the past few days with parties all around the world. At the moment, one bitcoin cash (BCH) is trading for $734 and the cryptocurrency holds the fifth highest trading volume amongst all 1600+ digital currencies that exist. On August 3, BCH transaction fees are around $0.002 USD while BTC fees are around $0.14 per transaction, in other words – around 6,900 percent cheaper. Meanwhile, there’s been a lot of developments happening within the bitcoin cash ecosystem and a new Street Fighter style video has been published which reveals the new BCH logo.
Check out the Street Fighting Bitcoin Cash video below.
Bitcoin Unlimited Ports Double Spend Relaying Protocol from Bitcoin XT
One recent announcement that’s buzzing around the community is the double spend relaying protocol ported from Bitcoin XT has now been implemented into the Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) client. BU’s lead developer Andrew Stone merged the relay code — a protocol that’s aimed at improving the efficiency of zero-confirmation transactions. Just recently, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Bitcoin Unlimited merging Graphene, a block propagation protocol, into the codebase on July 25.
