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Dash blockchain suffers outage after failed hard fork, new upgrade attempt
On the morning of May 21, the Dash blockchain experienced a stall during the activation of its Dash Core v19 hard fork, according to a tweet by Samuel Westrich, the chief technical officer. Approximately 13 hours later, developers introduced a v19.1.0 fix to address the issue. During the blockchain downtime, Dash developers cautioned users, stating that blocks and transactions on the network lacking ChainLocks and InstantSend locks should not be assumed to have achieved true finality. These security features, unique to Dash, play a crucial role in ensuring the integrity of the network. While the blockchain was not ... (full story)