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Wanchain Will Hard Fork This December 20th

Wanchain (WAN) will be undergoing another hard fork upgrade “Mercury” and it is going to take place on on December 20th, at UTC 00:00. The new hard fork will bring couple of new features to Wanchain’s blockchain including smart contract API for safe random numbers and raising blocks’ standard gas limit.

Wanchain Node operators will have to upgrade their WanWallet and WAN nodes (GWAN).

What is Wanchain?

Wanchain was originaly a fork of the Ethereum blockchain and it has smart contract capability as well. It offers cross-chain technology and privacy features. Wancoins (WAN) are the native asset coins on the Wanchain that support proof of stake consensus mechanism.

Wanchain is a blockchain platform enabling decentralized transfer of value between isolated blockchains. Similar to how Wide Area Networks connected all the isolated Local Area Networks of the early years of the internet, Wanchain is creating what is essentially the Wide Area Network (WAN) of blockchains.

Wanchain project was founded by Jack Lu and Dustin Byington. The project was launched with an ICO in October 2017 the ICO itself was sold out in one day. WAN coin was listed on Binance exchange on 23rd of March 2018.

Wanchain (WAN) Price Chart

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Sying Tien

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