altcoin

Craig Wright, nChain’s chief scientist, claims that Bitcoin SV will take Bitcoin ABC off of the chain after the scheduled Bitcoin Cash hard fork on Nov 15.

Altcoins are Bitcoin alternatives that aim to give users better features. Some of the lesser-known altcoins are Monero, IOTA, NEM, Dash, and Stellar.

Bitcoin Gold suffered a hack where an attacker managed to control 51 percent of total hashpower and stole almost US$18 million worth of BTG coins.