You may have not even noticed it, as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is not exactly the most widely used cryptocurrency, but for the past week or so Trust Wallet has been unable to process BCH transactions. If you had tried to execute any in that time, they were frozen. An red message appeared in BCH wallets in Trust, stating that the BCH node was being upgraded and that there may be issues with pending transactions.
Users at the Trust Wallet Community posted about the issue:
- https://community.trustwallet.com/t/missing-tx-blob-code-400/724504
- https://community.trustwallet.com/t/bitcoincash-transaction-issue/724502/8
Anyway, it appears the engineers have successfully fixed the issue and the update to version 26.0.0 has been successful, with Trust Wallet is now processing BCH transactions with no issues. I have personally verified that everything's in working order, with my weekly mega-payout from the Bitcoin Cash Giveaway app:
It seems to me that Bitcoin Cash remains a "quiet crypto;" no one really talks about it much because it's not flashy or grabbing news headlines. The simple fact is that BCH works though, with much lower transaction fees and faster transactions than the original Bitcoin. Be that as it may, trading volume remains low and its popularity wanes.
So, what's been happening in the BCH world? The first recent development comes from a Reddit post:
And finally, a coffee shop in Taiwan adopting BCH for payments:
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