The Network of Bitcoin on the block 505 888 took a new hardfork Bitcoin Atom (BCA). Had to happen on 25 January, but the block was mined earlier in the day.
Bitcoin Atom is intended to eliminate the disadvantages of Bitcoin, a hybrid mechanism combining consensus and atomic swaps. Became known, the project also integrates a Lightning Swaps (LS) to provide a fast and cheap transaction.
The Bitcoin network, Atom exchange of digital assets can be producing directly, this will allow to refuse services of intermediaries. A hybrid mechanism of consensus, a unifying model of PoW and PoS, will improve network stability and reduce the probability of an attack by 51%.
The official Twitter account (twitter.com/atombitcoin) creators of new cryptocurrencies write that users should be careful not to participate in Scam- projects which use Bitcoin Atom.