The cryptocurrency industry has been developing at an alarming rate over the last several years. The overall market value of cryptocurrencies is currently above $250 billion, with Bitcoin dominating the industry as its most valuable asset.
This rise has been achieved because of the decentralized structure of cryptocurrencies, which renders them immune to manipulation by governments or central agencies. However, this has also led to a number of hard forks within the field. These are basically tweaks in the code that make it simpler to mine particular coins and gain greater rewards, but may also lead to complications when they are incompatible with other cryptocurrencies on the network.
The greatest hard fork in recent memory happened in August when Bitcoin Cash was developed when a group of engineers chose to update Bitcoin's code that would have made it simpler for miners to mine BCH without needing to employ costly specialist gear. This led in a price gain for BTC that lasted until October when it reverted back to its former value owing to worries about scalability and security vulnerabilities with Bitcoin Cash's network.
A fresh hard fork might happen at any moment since there are always members of communities that desire their own currency or blockchain network, regardless of whether these initiatives