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Paul Sztorc’s Bitcoin Fork ECX Rips Past 25,000 Blocks in Just 13 Hours

Paul Sztorc’s Bitcoin Fork ECX Rips Past 25,000 Blocks in Just 13 HoursWorldPing

Since Paul Sztorc’s ECX hard fork kicked off, more than 25,092 blocks have been mined during the Alpha phase, and block times have swung wildly. The network has already chewed through several difficulty adjustments, with some delivering massive upward jolts.

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