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Bitcoin

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In March of 2013, a miner using a version of the Bitcoin software created a large block, causing a “fork” in the block chain, which resulted in previous versions of the software not accepting this block as valid. Which version of the software was the miner using?
  1. Version 0.7.0.
  2. Version 0.7.6.
  3. Version 0.8.0.
  4. Version 0.8.6.
Explanation
Answer: C - In March of 2013, a miner using Version 0.8.0 of the Bitcoin software created a large block, causing a “fork” in the block chain, which resulted in previous versions of the software not accepting this block as valid. As a result, trading on major exchanges was suspended until the issue was resolved.
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