Dash Blockchain Collapses After A Botched Upgrade

Dash, the open-source, proof-of-work blockchain, is down following a recent hard fork failure. The flaw is preventing the network from generating blocks, effectively preventing users from securely transferring value or making payments. Dash Blockchain Is Down As of May 23, the Dash blockchain explorer shows that the last block of transactions was confirmed roughly 28 hours ago. The network halt coincides with a failed upgrade on May 22 which would have seen the platform’s code updated to v19.0.0. The bug in the failed hard fork relates to how the consensus algorithm in v19.0.0 was supposed to be implemented. It made the