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  <p>What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Just to be clear, anyone can "announce a fork", but adoption and news of said fork depends on the market demand for the new coin. Most recently, Bitcoin was forked to create <a href="https://www.bitcoincash.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin Cash</a> (BCH).</p>

<p><a href="https://medium.com/@DCGco/bitcoin-scaling-agreement-at-consensus-2017-133521fe9a77" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin SegWit2x</a> (a bitcoin hard fork), Bitcoin gold (a bitcoin hard fork), and <a href="https://www.bitcoinabc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin ABC</a> (a Bitcoin Cash hard fork) are upcoming hard forks. (note: Bitcoin SegWit2x may or may not result in a currency split, depending on how miner support plays out)</p>

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  <p>When will they occur?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Bitcoin SegWit2x at block number 494,784 (no way of knowing exact date) and Bitcoin ABC on November 13th, 2017. Expect many more in the future!</p>

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  <p>Where can you be kept updated?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Twitter, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reddit</a>, or a google alert with keyword "Bitcoin" :)</p>

<p><strong>Previous Forks:</strong></p>

<ol>
<li>Bitcoin Cash forked from Bitcoin on Aug 1st, 2017. </li>
<li>Bitcoin Gold forked from Bitcoin at block number 491,407</li>
</ol>

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<ul>
<li>What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced? </li>
<li>When will they occur? </li>
<li>Where can you be kept updated?</li>
</ul>

<p>Many thanks for the replies! </p>

<p>David</p>

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What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced?
David
# What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-02)

* What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced?
* When will they occur?
* Where can you be kept updated?

Many thanks for the replies!

username_0

**Tags:** blockchain-fork, soft-fork, project-fork


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-03. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

> What are the next forks of the Blockchain that have been announced?

Just to be clear, anyone can "announce a fork", but adoption and news of said fork depends on the market demand for the new coin. Most recently, Bitcoin was forked to create [Bitcoin Cash](https://www.bitcoincash.org/) (BCH).

[Bitcoin SegWit2x](https://medium.com/@DCGco/bitcoin-scaling-agreement-at-consensus-2017-133521fe9a77) (a bitcoin hard fork), Bitcoin gold (a bitcoin hard fork), and [Bitcoin ABC](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/) (a Bitcoin Cash hard fork) are upcoming hard forks. (note: Bitcoin SegWit2x may or may not result in a currency split, depending on how miner support plays out)

> When will they occur?

Bitcoin SegWit2x at block number 494,784 (no way of knowing exact date) and Bitcoin ABC on November 13th, 2017. Expect many more in the future!

> Where can you be kept updated?

Twitter, [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/), or a google alert with keyword "Bitcoin" :)

**Previous Forks:**

1. Bitcoin Cash forked from Bitcoin on Aug 1st, 2017.
2. Bitcoin Gold forked from Bitcoin at block number 491,407


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