Support for Bitcoin Cash continues to grow, currently over 42% [0] of the combined hashing power of the Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash networks is dedicated to Bitcoin Cash mining.
Meanwhile the Bitcoin mempool (pending transactions) is approaching all-time highs [1] (over 90k KB of transactions -- which will take over 90 blocks to process if no additional transactions are sent, which could take several days to process at current hashrates [2].
[2] https://blockchain.info/ -- Blocks are being found approximately every 30 minutes, this slow pace will continue until the next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment occurs, which won't be for another 210 blocks or 1.5 days [3].
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 22.9 ms ] threadMeanwhile the Bitcoin mempool (pending transactions) is approaching all-time highs [1] (over 90k KB of transactions -- which will take over 90 blocks to process if no additional transactions are sent, which could take several days to process at current hashrates [2].
[0] http://fork.lol/pow/hashrate
[1] https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-size
[2] https://blockchain.info/ -- Blocks are being found approximately every 30 minutes, this slow pace will continue until the next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment occurs, which won't be for another 210 blocks or 1.5 days [3].
[3] https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
Edit: Additional information comparing the two blocks.