Holders of bitcoin could find themselves with free 'bitcoin cash' following a hard fork - but only if they have their private key
Cryptocurrency bitcoin is likely to split into two after 1 August. The probable split is the culmination of disagreements between bitcoin's 'miners' over how the cryptocurrency's blockchain should ...
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