BitMEX Launches Fork Monitoring Tool Ahead of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Upgrade

The research arm of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX, BitMEX Research, has launched a new network monitoring tool for (BTC) and (BCH).

The company said in a blog post on Monday that the platform, available at ForkMonitor.info, is “useful for monitoring the situation during network upgrades (softforks or hardforks)”. BitMEX further described the tool as “potentially useful in helping to detect unintentional consensus bugs,” such as CVE-2018-17144, which was discovered back in September.

The ForkMonitor website, which was created in collaboration with Bitcoin enthusiast and software developer…

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