@Alther 21 August 2025 more from that month

Bitcoin Cash: Velma Hardfork and Protocol Collaboration Recently, the Velma Hardfork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), which took place in the second quarter of 2025, has kept BCH community members buzzing. Among other things, this hardfork brought with it interesting technical updates; among them were the introduction of **virtual machine limitations** and **BigInt CHIPs** for **smart contracts**. The goal is user-friendly yet important: to provide scripts with greater flexibility and to enhance BCH smart contracts while preserving network speed and security. Beyond the hardfork, BCH developers are looking to the future with a set of plans for broader protocol cooperation, where the goal in 2026 is to implement a shared protocol specification repository that would foster inter-client cooperation, including **BCHN** and **Knuth**. This repository should allow for greater structure in network development and greater coordination by the developer community with each other for new features. In any case, as far as the **Velma Hardfork** and **protocol collaboration** are concerned, it shows that BCH is not only about price or trading; there is considerable effort by the community and the developers in bringing about network efficiency, flexibility, and scalability that hold BCH relevant in the cryptocurrency world as a day-to-day currency. So, while everyone is usually customer-dominated in the whole trading talk, the technical and development side of BCH is as interesting. It's a clear project that shows thrust in long-term development and usability as BCH continues to move forward. Any kind of investor in the crypto space would be interested in keeping track of these types of development and joint effort to understand how cryptocurrency may evolve and grow into something that will be practical beyond speculation.