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November 15, 2018Crises & controversyChain splitswell supported

Bitcoin Cash divides into BCH and Bitcoin SV

Competing rule sets produced a contentious split of the Bitcoin Cash network into BCH and Bitcoin SV.

The dispute involved incompatible changes and rival mining campaigns, sometimes described as a hash war. Bitcoin itself did not fork during this event, but exchanges and wallet providers had to manage operational and naming risks.