BCH Weekly News #76 (April 18, 2022)

BCHN and Bitcoin Verde have teamed up to conduct research to assess scaling and performance on BCH. The two teams have come up with a plan to test several categories of software. The tests will be carried out by the Bitcoin Verde team and published in standardized reports published on bitcoincashresearch.org. The first tests will be to determine which BCH software systems can handle a theoretical blocksize increase to 256mb.

The next smartBCH upgrade will take place on April 20th 2022. This upgrade will include "XHedge". XHedge is a system that will allow BCH holders to elect validators for the smartBCH chain. Voting power will be divided 50% Proof of Stake and 50% Proof of Work. Validators will be able to set the minimum fees for the network and more. For more details please check: read.cash/@SmartBCH/

Full Node dev team, Bitcoin Verde, has launched a flipstarter seeking funding for general maintenance and support for the dev team. Bitcoin Verde has completed it's previous flipstarter goals including the development of "Bitbalancer" which increases reliability for the network by encouraging multi-implementation mining. Of special note this is also the first flipstarter that includes new features such as the ability to contribute with any wallet without needing a special plugin.

Once again Bitcoin OG Jeremy brings us another podcast. This episode features Bitcoin Jason who talks about all the adoption work he is doing in Bitcoin Cash City in Townsville Australia.

BCH gamefi platform Joystick.Club originally launched on the BCH mainchain using SLP tokens, but have now completed their migration to the smartBCH sidechain. Joystick.Club offers a wide range of games you can play for 25 cents each. These games are also pay to earn meaning you can profit just by playing. Joystick.Club also offers their own NFT series that provides you with bonuses and more.

The first smartBCH dex, Benswap, has added a new lottery ticket system. Buying a ticket adds money to the prize pool and if your ticket matches 2, 3 or 4 numbers you win a percentage of the prize pool.