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The new currency, Bitcoin Cash, would share the same blockchain history with the original bitcoin currency. However, it would also increase the blocksize from a maximum limit of 1MB, or about three transactions a minute, to 8MB. The new currency would also have upgrade rules that miners claim would allow it to grow and scale.
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Karen, the largest Bitcoin exchange, announced its support for Bitcoin Cash Thursday.
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Karen pledged to credit clients with Bitcoin cash equal to their current holdings of bitcoin. However, the exchange warned margin traders to plan for ?the possibility of extreme volatility and unfavorable forced liquidations surrounding the fork.? Karen called for margin traders who are worried about potential losses to close out their accounts entirely before the fork.