A complete history of Bitcoin’s consensus forks
December 28, 2017
Abstract # In this piece, we list 19 Bitcoin consensus rule changes (or 18 as an accidental one “failed”), which represents what we believe to be almost every significant such event in Bitcoin’s history. At least three of these incidents resulted in an identifiable chainsplit, lasting approximately 51, 24, and six blocks, in 2010, 2013 and 2015, respectively. This report was originaly published in BitMEX Research blog. Later it has been updated. ...