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Bitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks
DecryptSunday, August 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
RedScroll Brief
The breakaway chain drew just 2. 53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a difficulty adjustment while the main network powered ahead.
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Crypto
- Market relevance
- High
- Why it matters
- Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk. The breakaway chain drew just 2. 53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a difficulty adjustment while the main network powered ahead. Watch liquidity and volatility around Bitcoin and Anti — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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What happened
The breakaway chain drew just 2. 53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a difficulty adjustment while the main network powered ahead.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
Decrypt reported on this under crypto. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
Decrypt published: Bitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks
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Economic impact
Watch liquidity and volatility around Bitcoin and Anti — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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